She's Home!!

Our recent high school grad, soon-to-be Wahoo, Nicaraguan missionary is home! As she sits at the kitchen table telling us about her 10 day mssion trip with orphans and the workers who care for them, she glows! She is tired, she is glad to be home, but she radiates enthusiasm and purpose and then she says "I feel like in Nicaragua--everyone is their best version of themselves." And then she tells about 3 guys on her team who bring her & a couple others their lunch becasue they were sitting and listening to a Nicaraguan woman tell her story and they didn't want to stop listening just to get lunch. So, unasked--these guys did something they not have done at home. "In Nicaragua, everyone is the best version of themselves..." Is that what she meant when she said "Nicaragua always wins"? What happens there that gives these kids the freedom to be their best selves--their most loving, serving selves? How can we create space for that to happen here? She tells us the lack of  "distractions" (cell phones, social media, etc) is a big contributor to opening up eyes and ears and hearts to being their best selves. Sounds like a good reason--without those distractions they are "in the moment"--focusing on immediate needs or even just discovering that which they might not have ever even seen/noticed. Her glow, her stories make me want to be the best version of myself. By God's Grace, by His Grace--welcome home NICA team--we love you, you inspire us. Keep being God's version of yourselves...