Philippine Update- Week 3- My Journey Ends

My journey is finally coming to an end.. Our last week here was very bittersweet.. I have been dreading this day to come. I am not ready to come home, because I feel more at home here than I do in the States. I'm dreading to come back to the issues of life and reality, but I will get through it because I'm not the same person I was when I left 3 weeks ago. This trip has strengthened and healed me in a lot of areas in my life!! True happiness has been brought back into my life and I just feel free :)

I found out that I still have feelings and that I'm not completely numb.. I haven't cried in a long time over some issues that has happened in my life, because I am always trying to be strong and I put up a wall. but on this journey, Those walls were starting to break down. The Lord has taken away my fear for a lot of things.. I can really just go on and on about all the wonderful things the Lord has done for me, and for everyone else on this trip.
When I had to say goodbye to everyone tonight, my heart broke.. They are my family and are apart of me. I have gotten so much closer to every person here and I've made a lot of new friends. So it's really hard to let them go. but I know this will not be the end. Lord willing, I will be back. My friends here joke that maybe I will marry someone here in the Philippines, So I can officially live here haha Hey, you never know what God will do. ;)

So our last week in the Philippines was such a blessing and is something I will always remember.. On Tuesday, we went to a small island area called Matangib. We had to cross the South China Sea, on a small boat that my dad named a long time ago called "Sea of Galilee" I have not been on that boat since I was a little girl.. The scenery that we passed on the boat was so pretty!! The Philippines is really a beautiful country.
On Wednesday it was a pretty low key day. We tried to rest as much as we could. I was able to spend the whole day with my friends.. My dad took out all the Elders and their wives to dinner on the military base, So I just hung out with everyone on the compound. It was a rainy day and it was the first day where we actually had some cool weather. The stars that night was so beautiful and you could see lightning in the distance. Us kids just sat outside, and had such a wonderful fellowship. We sang praise and worship songs for over an hour. I am really thankful for every one of those kids... They are so special to me and we all have such a strong bond.

My beautiful Friend Jezreel and I.

I love these girls!!

My friends Rona and Kimuel :)











I am so thankful for the work God has done and for the best friends and new friends He has given me!! This trip was the best trip I have been on in my almost 18 years of traveling and doing ministry. Ang Diyos Ay Mabuti! (God is Good) God Bless..

P.S- My song on this journey "Healing Begins- Tenth Avenue North"

Goodbye Philippines!! You will always be sa puso ko {In my heart}