I miss home. and my sister.

It´s hard to have to relearn almost everything I´ve ever known. I´ve made it basically my life to accomplish things. I take pride in my accomplishments, often too much. This week we´re been learning about Abandon. How God wants us to abandon the things that tie us down and keep us from following him. God told me that I need to abandon the pride I find in what I accomplish and also the worth that I find in getting things done. Sometimes I feel like I´m not worth anything if I can´t accomplish something. and though I hate to admit it, sometimes that´s how I view other people. If they cannot accomplish anything or something, they are not worthy of my respect or something like that. But I called out that lie and denounced it in the name of Jesus. I am worthy because God made me in his image and I am his daughter. Others are worthy because God made them in his image and he loves them just the way they are. Accomplishments have nothing to do with the love God has for us. It is unconditional.

So it´s hard to rework my life because it´s been living off this lie that I must accomplish things to be worthy. Please be praying for me as I go about this. I want to completely abandon this lie that holds me back from serving God.

and also, please pray with me while I ask God to renew my spirit and my enthusiasm here. I find myself wanting to just sleep the the days away until Christmas when I can see everybody again. But I promised myself and God that I would live every day here in the DR and I don´t want to waste or miss anything just because I want to be at home.

thanks again, and double thanks to those of you who donated money to get me here. I´m just a couple hundred dollars short of being able to buy a plane ticket back to here in January after Christmas break. love you guys

and I love anna too :)