Arrival and The Wizard of Oz

YES!!! I made it safe and sound to Mexico! Thank you to everyone who was praying for me! My God is good, everything went smoothly and he even took away my butterflies before our flight!

So now here I am in my family's home with my wonderful cousins. For our first day of attempting to communicate I think we did pretty well! They are able to figure out what I mean when I can't translate certain worlds to Spanish some of the time and I find I am able to do the same with them. There's a lot of laughing when none of us quite know how to explain something. I think we are going to become great friends by the time I leave though!

And now for the Wizard of Oz part: My prayer list! In an easy to remember manner :D I actually got this as a card from a dear friend before I left Chicago and it was so good I just had to share it with ya'll!

Now hopefully most of the people reading this have seen the Wizard of Oz because if not haha this is going to make NO sense but if that is the case just follow me on this I'll do my best not to sound like too much of a nut ;)

So I embarked on this adventure much like our fictional friends, in search and in high hopes of obtaining a few things.

1. Scarecrow - Brains - For Learning Spanish

Just like our friend was searching for his smarts, I am here primarily to learn Spanish so that I will be able to speak to the families of my kids in La Villita

2. Tin Man - Heart - For My Lord/For His People

This one actually has two: Pray that I would grow more solid in my relationship with God and that I would have compassion and love for the children at the orphanage

3. Lion - Courage - For Making Mistakes

It's gonna happen, and it's got to happen, pray for courage!

4. Dorthy - Faith - For Challenges

And pray that I would be challenged while I am here! As one author wrote: Real gold fears no flame. However those challenges come, pray that I would face them with unfaltering faith in the Most High God!

So there you have it! I love comments! Hopefully I'll be posting pictures soon!