After High School..

Since I have graduated high school God has taken me on several journies, a bigger one than I could have ever imagined. The sad part I barely take the time to see how much work he has done in my life since then. I graduated high school on May 31, 2012 and turned 18 a few hours after that. Graduation was a special night and so were all the memories leading up to it. I made memories with some of my classmates I will never forget and probably missed out on a few because I got too busy with "life". Then begins my next chapter, on June 9, 2012 I took a leap of faith and boarded a plane to San Pedro, Belize. I was there for 23 days, the night before I left I had an emotional breakdown I was in denial about God being able to use me! Crazy thing is the moment I felt the sand between my toes I knew I was where God wanted me. Belize opened my heart or should I say God used Belize to open my heart. The brokeness on the island brought me to tears but the smiles on the kids faces will forever be engraved in my heart. To love someone like Christ loves the church is something I struggle with sometimes (a lot of the time) but loving those kids and the people on the island came as natural as breathing in and out. I went there expecting to make an impact but what happened was that God used the people there to soften my heart and change my life forever. I learned that no matter what you have been given how little or how much you can choose to have joy! Not just have joy when its easy but when its the hardest to have joy because even though our circumstances may change..our God never does!!