Fromt Julianne!

Hey everyone!!! Its's been a really great time so far. I suddenly realized that this is gonna be my last time on the island and so it has been kind of emotional. But with that in mind, I have been a lot more intentional with my conversations. It has been really good but also really hard. Conversations have been really good and Christ has been at the center at a lot of them. But I am quickly realizing how much work still needs to be done here. I know that God will be glorified through all of this but I am definitely coming to the end of myself. I am emotional, and physically drained. It takes so much energy to be constantly moving and making plans and in our free time we are out having conversations with teenagers or playing with children. God is using this time of tiredness to teach me that I need to rely on him. I had a conversation with one of the adults here about the exact same thing that God is teaching me right now and I didn't realize until afterwards that He wanted that message communicated to both of us. I was telling this man that sometimes we are given more than we can handle not to bring us down but to help us realize that we need help!! As humans we are so stubborn and sometimes it takes things like fatigue to help us realize that we can rely on his strength. Some of the converstations I have had have been really good and I can see that God is clearly working in the hearts of those people, while others have left me wondering what good it was. But I know that I serve the all powerful God who loves every person that I get to talk to. I know that the truth I have the opportunity to speak into these people's lives will not come back void. God is good and I know that he is doing amazing things! VBS has gone really good. We have lots of kids, its actually kind of crazy the amount of kids we have. Its nothing compared to an OSBC VBS, but with the team that we have it is a lot. This morning / afternoon we lost power, so for the first 45ish minutes of VBS we had no power, so that was interesting. But God provides and we got power back! I have been really enjoying my time here and I'm really bummed that this might be my last time here. But I have been so blessed by the people and how loving and generous they are. The relationships are the best! I miss everyone back at home, but I am definitely happy that I get to share this experience with my parents and my brother. I hope all of you are enjoying your time back home!! I miss you all! See you soon!!

    ~ Julianne