Sweet Surprises

The Lord never ceases to amaze me. Ever. His ways are so much better than mine and I am being reminded of that each and every day. The last couple of days my family (Dad, Mom, and little brother) have been preparing to go to Nicaragua, with the youth group from my home church, a mission trip that I first went on 8 years ago as a high school student! Luckily, I was fortunate enough to go back to Nicaragua several times after that. Nicaragua is where it all started, my love for mission work, that is. At the last minute (story of my life!) I was able to book an unexpected flight and am now going on the trip as well! Christ really does make all things work together for our good! I think it is so cool that the Lord would take me back to where my desire to do mission work first started, just a couple of weeks before I move to Africa! Not only is he sending me to Nicaragua to serve him but I get to do so alongside of my family! This will be my little brother, Ethan's, first overseas mission trip and I can not wait to see how the Lord is going to use him and work in his life during this special time, especially since there will be many things that I will miss out on seeing this year! I am so proud of the young Godly man he is becoming and I know that this trip will be such an amazing experience in his life, as was mine! I am so grateful that I get to spend my last couple of days "Home" on the mission field with my family! I can not think of anywhere else in the world I would rather want to be! I am also so very thankful that the Lords surprises are so much better than any of my plans.What a sweet, sweet surprise this was :) Adios Amigos :) P.S This post is only short due to the fact that I just found out I was going to Nicaragua early this morning, and am leaving in less than 24 hours, and I must go pack! Otherwise, I would be typing away! However, you can expect a long blog post when I get back! Please pray for our team as we are gone! I hope you all have a great Easter holiday! Thank you Jesus for defeating the grave. My Redeemer Lives!! .