Felicidad

Happiness.

How is it so easy for me to lose the happiness that I so long for? How is it so easy to pass through each without the joy that is supposed to be flowing from my life?

It is so easy for me to just push off another day of talking with God, and the more I do so, I feel guilty. The joy and love that I need seem so far from me, but I feel unworthy to come back to the place I need to be. I’m scared that I will be met at arms-length with a hesitant welcome. However, these thoughts so obviously do not come from the one who is waiting for me, waiting to fill me with his love—the one who will welcome me with open arms and give me a joy that comes from nowhere else in the world.

Kusi is the Quechan word for Happiness, joy, and contentment, which could not better describe this place. The pure joy, love and happiness that I see here in Angel and Rosa the house parents and even in the boys at times is so evidentially an overflow of what God has poured into their lives.

My prayer is that my life would be an outpouring of the love and joy that Christ has shown to me—so that the people I come in to contact with have no doubt who my heart belongs to.

It's hard to explain the happiness that you find here in Kusi. I don't know if it is the simplicity of taking time to rest, to focus on God, or being faced with the reality of just how blessed you are.




Being reunited with the boys and all the family here in Kusi has been wonderful. As ou first group gets ready to leave on Friday, I can already see God at work, even through this first week. I look forward to sharing more and seeing what all God has in store in the weeks to come! Thanks for your prayers!

Kusi Bound!

All packed and ready to go to Perú!


The lovely Mejia family who let me stay with them during the first couple days of my trip.


My three beautful friends :)


Waiting for our first group to come with my fellow translators (Lauren from DC and Katerina from the Czech Republic) as well as two of the girasoles boys who have since graduated from the program who came to see their friends from Alabama.

We picked up what seems to be an already amazing group of friendly young people from Alabama. We leave for Kusi tomorrow morning at 7, so I appreciate your prayers for a safe journey, a healthy group, and just an overall goodtime as this group does God's will in Yungay, Perú.

I love you all and excited to see how the Lord will work as work team season gets underway.

Thanks for your prayers!!

Here we go again!!

First of all, I want to thank you all for your support for me throughout the summer. After several days with my friends and getting to see the SouthLake group I checked into the Youth Hostal here in Lima, got to meet the other summer interns, and traveled 30 minutes to our Orientation.

After one more day in Lima, were traveling to Kusi tomorrow in Yungay. Im so excited to see everyone again and getting to know the first work group.

Just a quick update..I'll update you all with more soon.

Just wanted to say thank you for yor prayers as we travel to Kusi and look forward to being able to share more soon!

abrazos!!

Catherine