Day 2

Hi Everyone!

I arrived in Miami yesterday and didn't get to our hotel until around 10. It was a pretty long and tiring day because my flight kept getting delayed and pushed back haha. But despite that, I was able to get some much needed sleep on my flights. My favorite part of flying is looking out down the window as we descend lower and lower from the sky. Everything looks so small from up high, but as we get closer and closer to earth, everything seems to increase in size. It starts from seeing the clouds to seeing mountains, valleys, lakes, to buildings and houses and then to seeing cars buzzing on the highway like little ants. I don't know why but it kind of gave me a glimpse of how God sees us. Seeing the entire world (except in my case, a small piece) and looking at is similar to looking at a dollhouse. All the little details seem insignificant and small but they're not. In this way, although there are so many of us (around 6 bill), God cares enough to know every single detail about us, no matter how insignificant they may seem to us or others. He knows our desires, our weaknesses, our strengths, our hearts. I think that's pretty neat.

My roomies so far are pretty cool and everyone on this trip is very nice. I also got to see some teammates from last year which is so exciting. So this year, as I mentioned, I'm a LIT (leader in training) and I'm pretty darn nervous. I honestly don't know how to be a leader. I guess this is where God comes in to guide me haha. prayers would be appreciated, thanks!

Every year, before we fly off to the country that we go to minister to, there are 2 people that give a short encouraging message the night before. And yep, you guessed it, I'm one of them. So this makes me even MORE nervous. speaking in front of about 350 people....oh man. haha. but I know that it doesn't matter how i do as long as i deliver the message that God wants me to deliver.

So this morning, we had breakfast, worship, and a message. The message was about the book of revelation. (I'll explain a bit more later here because i have to go)After the message we had training where we learned how to communicate more effectively with teammates and learned a bunch of rules regarding safety, health, and etc . That's basically it so far. Thanks for reading! Sorry for the grammar mistakes, the non fluidness (yeah i'm pretty sure that's not a word) and hopefully it wasn't too boring and made some sense haha. i promise my posts will get more exciting once i'm in Ecuador. Well, time for some more training. Hope y'all are doing well.

Love,
Michelle