Day 26

Day 26
June 19, 2011
Today was just what I needed and an answer to prayers. We went to a new church today called Pearl City. It reminded me so much of the huge mega churches in America (style wise), however the amount of people at most was like 100. It was nice to have a familiar way to worship and reflect. The message today was exactly what I needed to hear. It basically was reminding me how our God is the God of the impossible. Our problems and struggles are nothing for him. I just need to surrender to his will. The stress and anxiety is something that I can give to Him. I cannot do much, but trust his will and plan for me even if it is not necessarily something I could have thought of for myself. We sang one song that was saying how God will take us underneath his wing and soar above the storm. I feel like I am a spiritual, emotional, and in a way physical storm right now and instead of me fighting God I need to accept his plans he already laid before me.
I asked yesterday where God was in the spiritually barren place, but today He reminded me and he will never forsake me or his people. God was there this morning in that place and restored the emptiness that I felt inside of me just yesterday. Although there were not the numbers like you would see in a Mega church at home, there will still believers who were surrounded by a great Christian community. We met so many new friends there. Everyone was so welcoming. The thing I found funny though was how the most prevalent race was probably Indian, African American, and then Caucasian… We met this one guy who is a pilot in the Air Force. He actually went to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs so it was really nice to have someone understand where you were coming from. He is going to be here for 2.5 years! I asked him why he agreed to come here and he most simply said he saw so much materialism America and in his own life that he really wanted to be grateful for the blessings he did have. I think this holds true for many of us who choose to come here. There are so many things you learn to appreciate from back home that it’s not even funny. I do feel so blessed to experience this as well as have to opportunity to be immersed in both the rich and poor community here. I hope that I continue to grow and get the most out of these last few weeks. I can’t believe we have already been here for a month…its going by way to fast. Now I’m really not sure what going home is going to look like, but all I know is that is going to be challenging on so many different levels.