Excitment

Today is amazing! I have a ton of free time. I'm working on the weekends so when everyone else is working I have some free time. So I can't even begin to express what an amazing day it's been. Haha I missed lunch so it still feels like morning to me. So I've been here for a week and I feel like I have been here for months. I feel changed already.

The day I got here I felt a strange excitment. No usually I'm the girl who sits back and checks everything out first before jumping into the swing of things. I don't know how else to describe it. But I didn't do it this time. I had an exitment about meeting people. I was thrilled to experience the culture here. My excitement was so overflowing that i couldn't stop saying how excited I was. My new friends quickly picked up on that and they joked about me being so excited ALL THE TIME. Haha seriously ya'll I can't stop saying it!

The next thing I felt God telling me was not to worry about making friends.I sort of felt stressed at the begining because so many people wanted to do so many different things and I wasn't sure where I belonged. But now I know I belong in His presents! He began to tell me not to worry about it and that He would bring me the right people. TRUST TRUST TRUST.. It's huge!Trust Him in everything. It's all about surrendering your own rights!

So the 3rd thing I've learned is joy. Haha I feel like I can't wipe the smile off my face. Along with excitment there is a joy! Nehemiah 8:10 says "Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength." So you see with joy there is great strength. Because belive me ya'll, if I just use my own strength to be joyful I would last maybe half a day! So I need His strength every morning every day!

So I encourage you today to be excited! He gave you this day and you have the opportunity to be with Him all day long. Trust him. I'm serious, if you go all out and give up everything for God, He will show up! Today a girl spoke about how "Jealous" God is for you. He longs to have all of your attention and to have your heart and mind. He wants to be your best friend! He wants you every day every hour you know 24/7! YOU ARE SPECIAL TO HIM!

So to wrap things up. I love it here. There is en excitment and joy here. I love the people here we have been called to reach the nations! We are so excited! Oh I could go on and on but I think I'm going to take a nap.

I hope thing was encouraging to everyone,
With much love and excitment,
Sara Chapman

I hope reading this fills you with excitement!