We have spent the day exploring the city of Quito and getting to know the area, it's been an insane fun day full of walking, super crammed trollys, fun food and good people! Thanks for checkin' out our blog. This is JT, stay classy.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Hola from Ecuador!!!
Heyo world!! This is Jenna speaking. I got the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan for Christmas and I started reading it on the plane yesterday between Houston, Texas and Quito, Ecuador. I wasn't bouncing off the walls about this trip until we got to the airport, which was at 5 AM but i'm pretty sure i was annoying my team and everyone in the Calgary airport because I was so loud and excited! Anyways, back to the book, the first chapter began with this, "An appropriate way to begin the first chapter is to stand in awed silence before a mighty, fearsome God, whose tremendous worth becomes even more apparent as we see our own puny selves in comparison." So since I was on the plane headed to Ecuador i couldn't help but replace the word chapter with trip. An appropriate way to begin this trip would be to stand in awed silence before a mighty and fearsome God, whose tremendous worth becomes even more apparent as we see our own puny selves in comparison. The excitement of being in another country is immense and I don't think it's wrong to be excited, but I don't want to lose focus on why I am here. I want to calm myself and focus in on Gods tremendous worth and how I can learn to step out of my bubble of comfort and let him work through me in this next 3 and a half weeks. It would be a shame to have come and gone and put on a face of helping others and doing good things and doing things for God but not having my heart aligned with my actions. So! We are here! We ran into a little bit of passport trouble in Texas with the threat of one of our team members being put in jail, which was a little sketchy, but we got that all squared away and we all made it on the plane. As excited as I personally am and I know my team is as well, we will pray for wisdom and committed hearts. (And also have a wicked fun time doing it!:)
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Who almost got put in jail?!?!? Was it Feyan??
ReplyDeleteSeth and I prayed for your team on our way to work/school this morning. Be safe and have an awesome God time.
ReplyDeleteYes, please give a bit more detail on who was jailed? (Not a great comment for a mother's heart to read...) Great book to base the trip on Jenna. Praying for you all!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! And Jenna, I can totally picture you excited and bouncing off the walls in the airport at 5 am. It's a beautiful mental picture. Can't wait for the next update.
ReplyDeleteIt was Amanda that was threatened with jail, her passport was damaged and so the lady checking us in almost didn't let her on the plane, but when we got into Ecuador she didn't have any problems with customs.
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Testify girl! :D I love that Jenna. Being reminded that our God is not small, not by any means! I'm glad you all got there safe and sound! :) And Amanda, I declare. Even though I think you could tough out jail, I am overjoyed that you didn't end up there! Love you ALL Xoxo. Blessings on you, and my your every day realizations be connected to our Creator.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sted! My mother's heart can relax a bit now. But Amanda you have now risen to the second to top place on my prayer list! Sorry first spot is permanantly taken :-) God must have something really cool in store for you if Satan has already tried to delay you! I am so excited for you all!
ReplyDeleteHey my Princess! This is amazing, so well written, but much more so I hear your heart "aligning with God"! I love you so much and am proud beyond words. Listen to God well, stay focused on Him, take your stand against the enemy and he will flee from you. Oh, and make sure to have a wicked awesome time!! Papatron.
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