The DR team
has been going through some changes this week and it has affected our schedule
for the week. Due to this I have had extra time to spend studying the bible. It
has been great! In one day I studied for over six hours! I don't think that I
have ever had such desire to read and learn and really study. For those of you
that know me well, you know how amazing this is because normally I really
despise studying.

            Since
coming here God has continually showed me things that I need to work on, at the
same time He has been showing me how much He loves me. It balances out to me
feeling great, but knowing that there is so much more that I can know and, do
and, become.

            I have also
come realize that I love it here! I also love it in Mexico! I do not think that it is
because either of these places are all that amazing or great. It is because God
has made me content where ever He sends me. I'm glad that I realized this
because who know where I will end up in a few years? At least I know now that I
can be content with God where ever I am. There is beauty in every place; if not
in the nature around us than in the faces of the people, if not there than in
the knowledge of God's love for us. With this beauty who wouldn't be happy?

            I am
excited to see what God has in the future for this team! I know that He has our
best interest in mind and that His desire is for us to know Him more. I have no
doubt that that will be happening this semester.