Heart Overflowing
I made it. The past 4 days have been some of the craziest, most spontaneous, and beautiful 4 days of my life. Friday was so perfect. I found out I had reached my support goal and already had plans to grab dinner with a friend, and it was such a blessing. The entire night felt like a magical gift from God. I was basking in his unending blessings and could not stop smiling. Saturday I bought a plane ticket, Sunday I packed, and Monday I left. Sunday evening I took time to pause amidst the seemingly endless to-do list to celebrate and say a final farewell. It was great to celebrate and feel loved, but also sad. On my drive home a ton of emotion came rushing in and it suddenly hit me that, even though a month is not that long, I really do love my friends and I really do miss them. It's funny how in the face of a void not yet there you realize how essential something is. I realized how wonderful they all are and what a key role they have all played in encouraging me, building me up, pointing me toward Christ, and just generally loving me on a day to day basis. Thank you.
So as Monday morning dawned, so many emotions! I was so excited to be finished with support raising, sad to be leaving my friends and family in the US, nervous about what a month in El Salvador alone was going to look like, and a million other things I couldn't even name. However as soon as I landed in San Salvador I could not believe how comfortable I felt. It almost felt like I never left in March; like I had just pressed the pause button.
Today however the play button was definitely pushed. No time wasted. I had such a full day, but even more so a full heart. There is a mission team here from Maryland and they are hard workers. We spend the day working on the new addition to the the nutrition center as well as building a house for a family that is part of the nutrition center. To be honest, with these larger projects I was pretty hands off. What I did today was play. I played with the kids four hours. We colored, we danced, we played soccer, we just played. I can't express to you how much I love each and every one of the children. I realized that even more than I love them for simply being them, God loves me so much more. I simply look at these kids and fall in love with them. God does the exact same with us. Amazing,
In addition to the kids, the amount of familiar hugs and kisses (it's a cultural thing) I have received in the past 24 hours from people is absolutely wonderful. I really do feel as though I have a family here and I couldn't ask for more.
Standing in awe of how insanely deeply and truly I am loved,
Sigourney
P.S. please excuse the crazy writing. I am very tired, but I couldn't not write this down.
So as Monday morning dawned, so many emotions! I was so excited to be finished with support raising, sad to be leaving my friends and family in the US, nervous about what a month in El Salvador alone was going to look like, and a million other things I couldn't even name. However as soon as I landed in San Salvador I could not believe how comfortable I felt. It almost felt like I never left in March; like I had just pressed the pause button.
Today however the play button was definitely pushed. No time wasted. I had such a full day, but even more so a full heart. There is a mission team here from Maryland and they are hard workers. We spend the day working on the new addition to the the nutrition center as well as building a house for a family that is part of the nutrition center. To be honest, with these larger projects I was pretty hands off. What I did today was play. I played with the kids four hours. We colored, we danced, we played soccer, we just played. I can't express to you how much I love each and every one of the children. I realized that even more than I love them for simply being them, God loves me so much more. I simply look at these kids and fall in love with them. God does the exact same with us. Amazing,
In addition to the kids, the amount of familiar hugs and kisses (it's a cultural thing) I have received in the past 24 hours from people is absolutely wonderful. I really do feel as though I have a family here and I couldn't ask for more.
Standing in awe of how insanely deeply and truly I am loved,
Sigourney
P.S. please excuse the crazy writing. I am very tired, but I couldn't not write this down.
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