Thursday, June 08, 2006

Te amo Peru...

Well I'm back to the real world now. It's always sooo hard coming back from Peru because I hate leaving there. Everytime I go there, I feel so at home and so at peace with everything that is going on there. I love the people. I love the culture. I love pretty much everything about Peru. However, a 10 day trip is just as short as it sounds, and my time in Peru this year has past. I met so many new people there this year, and I am longing to keep those friendships and strengthen the ties. I'm sad that I can't be there to continue the friendship in person. However, I did get some e-mail addresses and I know that God will work through some of the people I met and will continue to talk to. I can't wait to see them again.

But for now, I'm back to my life as a working girl.

This interior design world is almost a paradox for me. I love interior design, and I know that I could make a great career out of it and I know that God's plan was for me to go to Anderson for Interior design. But at the same time, I also know that God's plan for my college studies also directly led me into the opportunities that Peru holds for me. I can't ignore that. I love Peru so much and I feel called to Peru to work there; at least for awhile. So after graduation, I will have two months to attend Ruth's wedding and then Marcus' wedding and then I will leave for Peru to live there for awhile teaching at the English language institute. I'm not afraid at all about moving to Peru or what the outcome will be, mostly because I feel peace from God about it. We sing in songs all the time I will follow where you lead, and every part about that is true for me. I have absolutely no qualms about it.

Whatever support money needs to be raised will come. I'm not worried about student loans or probably anything that I should normally be worried about. There's a tiny question inside of me that says "Are you ever going to do interior design?" And my answer is, "I have no idea" Right now I can see two paths that might happen, 1) I move to Peru and love it and love my time there and then come back to the states to start working. 2) I move to Peru and love it and love my time there and God calls me into being a career missionary. I'm fine with either, as long as it's God's will for me.

I was telling some of my coworkers yesterday about my trip to Peru and I told them that I probably would move down there after Graduation to work at the english language institute. The responses were great, some people said "Oh that's awesome" or "Oh that's so great!" and then one of my coworkers Larry asked how long I would be there for, and when I told him 6-9 months, he said "That's great, you're probably never coming back you know" And when I asked what made him say that he said "Because you obviously love it and you're not going to want to leave!" And my first automatic reaction inside was "I hope I don't ever leave!" And I wasn't scared about that thought at all. I didn't even phase me to think that I could do that forever. So I guess that's all to say that my prayer in my life is that wherever I am, whatever I am doing, whether it is working as an interior designer and making money or working as a missionary or whatever it is, I pray that God will lead me one step at a time. I used to think that I had my whole life figured out that I would go to college and be a great designer right out of school work for 35 years and love every second of it, but now I have no idea what I'll be doing 2 years from now, and I am more than ok with that. God has led me so many amazing places thus far, and for me to try and give Him suggestions on what he should want me to do for my life would be insane, and even more than that, I would miss out so much. Who knows where God will take me? I definitely don't, but I don't have to worry about that. I am at peace no matter where I go because I have God leading me. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit!

4 comments:

Mary Bell said...

I'm telling you once you start with missions, you never go back to anything else!!! (said the much older, wiser, missonary);-) Neat to see what the Lord is doing in His world!!

miss you lots. we need to catch up soon. come see me in NY!! will be there the whole month of july for training! my apt. could either be in Manhattan or Queens! maybe i will see some people from project runway there!

love, mary bell

lesterspiano said...

bigote de su perro cosquilloes me parriga= your dog's mustache tickles my belly

David Slone said...

hey how is it going, my internship is going swell, glad to see you got back safe. I was hoping to maybe catch you before you went back to CO like last year but, didnt. And by "catch you" I mean like a Pokemon.
I will try and give you a call some time this week.
Take care
David

~Hope~ said...

That is awesome! I am so glad that you had the opportunity to go down there this year. I will pray that the Lord would lead you through this next year and for years to come. I miss hanging out with you but I will hopefully see you one of these days! Have a great day!