Lessons from The Master Gardener
It's been just over six months since I last posted a blog. I was (maybe still am) in a funk of sorts--spiritual and otherwise. I didn't feel I had anything to offer and I was struggling to find my "missionary" self. When Mike and I first talked about moving to Venezuela over two years ago, I thought the transition would be easy. After all, there was no question in my mind that God was the one leading us. So there shouldn't be any problems, right? Not so. I felt language school would be somewhat of a comfort. A good place to get my missionary role on. It was an academic environment and I have always thrived in academic environments (with the exception of one Vectors Calculus class that is). But, when I got to Costa Rica, I quickly discovered it was nothing like I expected. For me, I found it to be more of a spiritual boot-camp. And I felt I was failing miserably. So I did what I always do when I feel I'm failing--I pull back and stop trying. Tha