I can't believe it! We are in Colombia!

   A little over a week ago it all seemed so far away. A little over two weeks ago it all seemed impossible. There was a time I didn't think these days would come. But it's here. It has started. It's happening. First panama and now Colombia! I have to admit that the week we spent in panama was very difficult and challenging. Traveling all day almost every day on buses, taxis or foot. Sleeping in bus stations that don't let you lay down or buses that put the AC on extra high. Most of the time it all seemed to go wrong. We went the wrong way. This is not the right place. Wrong name on the ticket. We lost our bags. We got lost in the city. Walked for hours in the heat and humidity of panama. Hunger and lack of sleep followed us most of the way. But with those challenges and difficulties came a lot of joy, peace and love. It doesn't matter what goes wrong because our circumstances don't define Gods blessings. Our plans may be completely changed every second of every day but that doesn't mean that Gods plans have changed. He said He would lead us, guide us, provide for us. He just told us to trust Him. I've been stretched so much already. Wondering what I am doing. Thinking I'm crazy for doing this. Going off into places I don't know without knowing basically anything. Where do we go? What do we do? I can only stand on the fact that God is faithful. He keeps His word. 

 Yeah, we spent a majority of the time on buses going all over panama looking for boats. What for? Only to find out that we gotta go somewhere else on the other side of the country? Why would God tell us to go there only to bring us back to the same bus terminal or why would He have us go to the city only to see us get lost in this city we know nothing about. Did we hear Him wrong? Should we have looked for plane tickets earlier? Maybe. Or did we hear Him right and just assume that meant that we would find what WE were looking for.  Maybe He lead us there to stretch our faith. Maybe to speak to that man or encourage that lady. What about the healing we saw or the others we prayed for? Maybe to comfort that girl or talk to those backpackers. Express that joy and give others a reason to smile as well.  Maybe it was just for us. To have us grow. And see us change and lean more and more on Him. 

   I may not know His way of thinking or understand why He does it the way He does but I do know this: it's all for a reason. The time in panama has ended and now the journey continues on in Colombia. It's been awesome and Im excited to see what else He has! God is so good! And so faithful!