Ohhh how time flies...

Wow is really all I have to say about how fast my time has gone here in South America. Leaving the states I felt like I was taking off on an adventure that seemed to be never ending and now it’s coming to a close 10 days left and counting. So as this adventure comes to an end just thought I could summarize a few of the things that I have learned, and some that I have re-learned:

tHiNg 1: You can live happily no matter where you are in the world; happiness is in the small things. It sometimes is an everyday challenge to find those little things and sometimes we look so hard for the small things our eyes get tired and we miss them

tHiNg 2: God has an incredible plan for our lives…if we are obedient to what he has commanded we can wait for the blessing that he has already promised.

tHiNg 3: We never know the ripples we can have in someone else’s life…or how many they can have in ours.

tHiNg 4: The Lord has asked that we give our all not just 50% not even 95% but our all, like the boy that had the 5 fishes and 2 loaves the Lord didn’t ask for 1 loaf and 1 fish (which he could have just as easily blessed and made sufficient for all) but he asked for his all and when given the Lord was able to consecrate and bless his small and humble sacrifice to feed THOUSANDS. It is the same with our small sacrifices if we give, alone they would never be enough for the multitude but with the Lord's blessing they are enough

tHiNg 5: I love Spanish.

tHiNg 6: I am not Peruvian.

tHiNg 7: The Lord pays attention to ALL the details

tHiNg 8: I am meant to be happy!

tHiNg 9: I love seafood in most of its varieties especially in ‘Ceviche’ yumm!!!

tHiNg 10: Life doesn’t have to be as hard as we make it, slow down and learn to laugh with life.

btw these tHiNgS are not given in any certain order, just as they came to my head which is really no order at all!!