Lisa goes to Central America

So I am not really sure what people have told you about because yet again I am blogging from the airport with a little too much time on my hands. (not too much because I need lunch before I board) I wanted to just mention something I learned about. I always encouarged people to get to know the in-country reps. I want to make sure you know about them too.

First is our fearless hygiene rep beatriz! She is amazing. She desires missions greatly. She had a job in fiance a well paying job but realized it wasn´t right. So she quit without backup. She randomly had run into a friend who worked for LWI. At that point he offered her the job as cook. She soon became hygiene guru. She is quiet and humble. She laughs a lot and is a lot fun. But she always seeks God´s will. Her faith is overwhelming and always called us to prayer. She is moving to VA in a year because her fiance is studying at regents so we are all hoping that we can adopt her from afar. I think the hygiene will not forget her calm manner and fantastic ideas (or levanta mi casa or mi dio es tan grande) Second is

Stanley- It is hard not to love Stanley. I sat at the spanish table at during dinner. The first think he said to me is I don´t talk I was like ok. Whatever. Of course this is not true. We did have many head knodding conversations. He is still quite quiet and quite strong. He is pretty funny – it seems like the silent types always have the best one liners. He wants to be a missionary as well. Again he was very patient with us and displayed humility to a T. I think life was just a little happier and sometimes more interesting to have him around.

Finally Estuardo (Stuart, Stu) he is 23 but his leadership abilities stem far beyond that age. he is well accomplished. He graduated the university at age 20 with a degree in Electrical engineering. About six months into work making quite a bit of money for there he felt God´s call to give up all the money and work as a volunteer or missionary. His attitude toward money is amazing. he trusts God completely. He has the abilities to do whatever but chooses to live a life that requires a ton of faith. Another thing at Stuart is that he loves music. I often sat in the front because I get car sick. If i wasn´t singing there was a problem. He is always singing to God and worshipping. Music is part of his very soul – his passion is contagious. (He is also a bit of a jokster – I currently have Senor Jabon written on my arm in permanent marker) 

One thing that was interesting about all of them is that they were all quite educated and gave up lucrative careers to serve God. They are joyous in serving God and passionate. It´s contagious!

I will try to write reflections over the next couple of days i have quite a bit to tell you, I honestly am looking forward to blogging more – I know a bit scary- but eric would be proud. I will be home in less than 12hours, i can}t say i am overjoyed but I know it is God´s timing (another cool thing about talking to these guys is seeing God´s timing in there lives – their stories reflect that). However when i beg for plantanos con crema y azucar be patient. Thanks for all your prayers. We were truely blessed here.