Im now on the flight home with many of your students. I was scheduled to take the red eye tonight with Pastor Scott and some other students and leaders but after a wicked bout with food poisoning, I am now flying over the United States towards our final leg of the trip layover in Cincinnati. Seeing the plane has brought up a surge of emotions I am certain your students are also experiencing. Not only does the plane mean we are leaving our new friends in Ensenada, the homes we have built, and the terrible night of food poisoning (in my case at least), it also means that life in Pittsburgh will restart with family, friends, church, and eventually school.
I am really glad Scott asked me to blog, because as i have blogged and journaled each day (as you students have as well), I will be able to look back and see where God has moved in my life during this trip, where God has brought me from, and maybe even confirm certain aspects of my life and leading in the future. Looking back on this blog and my journal will be a strong confirmation of Gods work in m life.
Some students shared that this trip pushed them out of their comfort zones while others said they felt very comfortable in the mission field and felt God asking them to be open to the idea of missions in the future. Talk with your students, pray with them, and ask them where God moved in their lives. Ask them what they wrote about in their journals. Ask again in a few months, and see what is the same in their lives, what is different, and what has been confirmed by God. We serve an amazing God of mercy. Trust me, I have experienced his mercy today and heard him confirm things in my life that will bless me, my family, and the ministry. I thank you for your students, the way they have blessed me, and for your trust in the Lord to let them experience God in this way in Ensenada.
In Him,
Reed
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