God is gooder!!!

Hola todos,

I know you'll already know this, but God is a really really awesome God! ( Isn't He?? )

This past week I have felt really discouraged. I don't know why, I feel like I haven't been having very productive ministry lately...every time I went to visit my friend's mom to pray for her she wasn't home, I wasn't able to visit my deaf friends last Friday,I felt like I had been miserably failing in my Spanish, and I had been feeling really stressed about future stuff, where to go, and what to do with my life. But then earlier today I had an awesome prayer time and God really changed my attitude!

He reminded me today that He is totally in control and that my life, dreams, hopes, and plans, are all way better in His hands....He's the only one out of the two of us who knows the future and can see the big picture...so why should I even waste my time worrying?? The other day I preformed the song "lay it down" by Jaci Velasquez , in sign language at our big birthday party...I guess I feel like that is my life right now....God is faithful, and God knows best. He knows exactly what I want, and more importantly, He knows exactly what I need. Isn't He so cool?

So, tomorrow I am going to try to visit S. mom, and then on Friday our worship team is going to a village to perform. I am excited...we have been practicing about five songs, I think that it will be really fun. I plan to see my friend Ir. on Saturday, and she wants me to teach her how to make banana bread which will be fun. Also, Liz ( another student ) and I have been trying to study the Bible with her, which she seems really interested in...so please be praying for her!!

God is working....keep praying! Dios te bendito!
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Lay it Down

I've been looking till my eyes are tired of looking,
Listening till my ears are numb from listening,
Praying till my knees are sore from kneeling on the bedroom floor.
I know that you know that my heart is aching,
I'm running out of tears and my will is breaking,
I don't think that I can carry the burden of this anymore

All of my hopes and my dreams and my best laid plans,
Are slowly slipping through my folded hands

So I'm gonna lay it down,
I'm gonna learn to trust You now,
What else can I do,
Everything I am depends on You,
And if the sun don't come back up,
I know Your love will be enough,
I'm gonna let it be,
I'm gonna let it go,
I'm gonna let it down

I've been walking through this world like I'm barely living,
Buried in the doubt of this hole I've been digging,
But You're pulling me out, and I'm finally breathing in the open wind.
This room may be dark but I'm finally seeing,
There's a new ray of hope and now I'm believing,
That the past is past, and the future's beginning to look brighter now

~Jaci Velasquez