Sweet Evelin and Me.
All of the girls at Jaanipäev
I feel like I have done so much since the last time I've written. I also have learned a lot as well. Graduations are a huge tradition to go all out for. People buy fancy clothes and they receive flowers. Guy or Girl, they get flowers. I thought it was so cool to see everyone walking around with piles and piles of flowers. It was amazing to see the youth so proud of themselves for graduating and moving forward in their education. It was also fun to see youth that I had met the first time coming here and not seeing them since and we remembered each other still. I have learned that they people here have full hearts of giving. It is so incredible to see people from, much to nothing to people who are greatly blessed financially giving anyone what they have. If it is an apple, they will share it with everyone who will share it with them. If its a sandwich, they will offer it to everyone without even taking the first bite. It is very humbling. They give everything they have to others even if its all they have. The christians here are also extremely passionate. They know what they believe and they do not back down. They will share their faith with absolutely everyone. People also ask very challenging questions. I met this guy and within the first 5 minutes of meeting him, he asked me what my testimony is. Like wow... If more people were like that and as passionate about Christ in the way these people are then lives would be changed all over the world! God is blessing the people here in a crazy way and I don't think they fully realize it. It is amazing. I feel like lately God has been showing me how patience is so important and how trusting in Him will make things a lot easier. I also think being here, away from home, and away from people and situations and obligations has really allowed me to begin to see what is important and what is not as important. God is blowing me away right now with learning about relationships and how important it is to surrender the to Him and let Him do what He wants with them. He is in control anyways and knows way better then me. It is just amazing to see when they are lining up. When His desires and my desires are the same. Its so cool.
God is also showing me how crazy big He is! And how powerful He is ( Isaiah 40 and Job 38). I could never begin to grasp His mighty power and knowledge. As an internship, right now we are studying Romans and this morning I was reading chapter 11. It started blowing me away with the very end:
" Oh, the depth of the riches of wisdom and knowledge of God? How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has ben his counselor? Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen."
... Talk a bout a slap in the face when you wake up! God is just seriously showing me so many things about His character. Please Pray that He would continue to humble and and break down any pride that is within me that would hold me back from learning absolutely everything that He wants me to learn. Pray that I would have patience and that I would trust Him and His will for my life with the present, future career, and relationships.
God is good ALL the time.
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