God certainly has edit rights.....

In the days leading up to the missions trip I once again packed up my expectations, my thoughts of how its going to be, and my preceived notions of how this missions trip will turn out along with my belongings. I knew my part I was going to be leading some art classes, and interpreting for those who couldnt speak spanish and of course sharing the gospel of salvation through Christ Jesus. That was my to do list but of course God has edit rights. Of course HE worked through the art sessions with the kids. However on Friday night the community and schools we had been helping were invited to a screening of the movie Courageous that was shown at the town square. Afterwards Guillermo encouraged everyone there to stick around for anything that they wanted to talk about. When unexpectedly I was asked to share my testimony and my journey with God. Earlier I had shared it with just the guys of the school but now I was about to share with everyone. I was very uneasy and afraid to share specifically  what I was strugggling with as a young adult and if they knew the details would they look at me differently or treat me differently. But praise God He gave me the confidence to not hold anything back and to proclaim that God does change lives and that once in Christ you are a NEW creation and the old has passed away. Shortly after that God had remedied  my doubts and regrets about what i had just done with his confirmation and blessings through the reaction of the people there that i learned of and Guillermo told me they were thankful and blessed to see that someone just likethem are going through the same problems. Also I was immensely blessed by the encouragement given freely by everyone on the missions team about sharing that night. In closing praise and thanks to our heavenly Father for his grace and mercy and of course bringing something beautiful out of ashes.