Reconfirmation

   This Spring Break was unlike any other. I was so grateful that I was given the opportunity to spend a week in Norwood, Colorado with some of my best friends and her family. They are amazing people of Christ. They own this outfitting business that could be nothing more than a blessing from God. I wish everyone had the chance to hear their story not just of life, but also on how they came to own and operate this ranch with an enormous lake and mountains that surround you. This week has been a time of friendship, learning to love, peace, and reflection. We actually had the chance to do a Beth Moore bible study called Loving Well. It was really good for me personally to learn how to love certain people in my life and by loving someone it does not me always being their best friend or acting happy all the time. I don't have to constantly act like I do like everyone, but I learned that I can love from a distance. There are four main types of people in our lives that we have to learn how to love: 1. Joy 2. Testy 3. Foe 4. Far

   Joys are the people we constantly surround ourselves with and are easy to love. Testy is the person who knows all the right buttons to push and just get under our skin. Foes are the people who are most difficult to love because we absolutely cannot stand them. In fact we probably hate them! Its okay to be honest with God when we tell Him we hate someone. Only he can transform our hearts and attitudes towards them. The Fars are the people who touched me the most. Its the strangers in our lives. Those who are distanced from us. Of course India popped into my mind. It made me remember that we have to take care of a persons physical and emotional needs before we can even introduce them to their spiritual needs. My mission over in India is of course to reflects Christ's love through my actions, but as a medical intern I will be responsible to assisting in the Dalit's denied physical well-being. I want to help them get well so that they can experience the love of a God that they might not acknowledge as truth and existence. I have been so enveloped in prayer this past week. Not only for support, health, protection, and well being, but also for the Lords reconfirmation. He gave me just that. The conversations I have had this weekend with my friend's mom was so insightful and inspiring. That night I prayed a prayer for support, and the next morning I got a text message from a dear friend wondering how they could help support me. That same day we took a road trip down to Ouray, CO (which is a super small town)...we were exploring the town going in and out of shops. I needed to respond to a call from the Dalit Freedom Network...I needed to write down a number and inside this tiny antique shop I randomly pulled this piece of paper that was next to the cash register to quickly jot down a number. I finished my phone call and I turned over this paper that I pulled... it happened to be a phone card for a professor at BYU who was in charge of the India study abroad program. A very minute detail that might not mean much to most people, but for me all these little signs mean the world, and the best part is that they are constantly appearing all around me. This week has been amazing. It will be hard to get refocused for school and upcoming finals, but we only have about 5 weeks of school left. I know time will fly and my trip to India will be here before I know it! I can't wait to share with you how else the Lord is moving in my life. There is no way I can deny His existence and blessings in this trip.