Good-Bye San Diego :( Hello San Felipe :)

My last Sunday at Urban Church, Pastor Ben talked about prayer, and one thing he said during the sermon really hit home for me. He said that some of us settle for a camping trip when God wants to give us a cruise. This is so true. When he said that I felt like the Holy Spirit said that San Felipe is one of my cruises. The past two week has been a roller coaster ride for me. I moved out of my apartment in San Diego, left almost everything that I owned (which was not much), and moved to another country. Even though I have been preparing for this for about 8 months now, it seems like everything ended up compacting into these two weeks and I have to say it is overwhelming. I loved the people in San Diego and my church and San Diego. Everyone there has loved and supported me throughout this whole journey. I have been so amazed at how much God loves me and how He has shown His love for me through the body of Christ. I have been so thankful for those people who throughout the past 8 months, who have encouraged me and supported me. A community like that is hard to part from, but I knew that I had to because its what God has called me to do for this season. Throughout the 8 months, I was offered a couple of opportunities to stay in San Diego and work, and as I look back now, those were camping trips being offered. You see camping trips don't cost as much, are fun, but once you get there it is still a lot of work to have the bare necessities (food, shower, etc). Now on a cruise takes a lot more work to get there because it cost more money, but the experience is far greater because it is all inclusive. Everything is at your finger tips.  I am starting of experience of a cruise. San Felipe is an amazing place. Everytime I go to Sonshine Hacienda I feel like I am home. I know God has called me. I know I belong here. Right now we are still preparing for children but I am so happy that I get to be a part of this process. I get to welcome the first set of children into this home. God has shown me as hard as the process was spiritually and emotionally getting here, I am now on the cruise. I can tell you I have never felt so at peace and joyful.  I don't believe that means hard times won't come and life won't happen, but if I am in the will of God, His sufficient grace will carry me through.