Adventure called Life

So I can't believe i'm already saying this...but week 2 is just about done!!! This week has been pretty uneventful. We were able to move all the children into the home, which I think I mentioned last week, and I was able to move in to my room that i'll be sharing with one other guy yesterday (Saturday). I'm slowly getting more and more involved with kids, pretty soon I think i'll be spending most of my free time with them.

I was finally able to sit in on the Sunday service, last week I was helping out with Sunday school. The service was interesting. The worship songs were in English, but the announcements, and the sermon were in Filipino. They mostly sang songs that I was familiar with. They only sang one song that I didn't recognize, but it was still a really really good song! While sitting in the service, I had the realization that I am beyond fortunate to be able to do what I do. I travel for Jesus!! If you were to ask me 5 years ago what I thought I would be doing now, I probably would have said going to college for Psychology. Little did I know that I would be a soon-to-be 20 year old traveling for God!

While i've been on this adventure called life, I have seen God do some unbelievable things. He has provided for me in ways I can't begin to describe. Not to mention I've been to places I didn't think I would go. I honestly thought that I would never leave the States. That just goes to show how amazingly faithful God is!!

Right before I left, I started listening to a band called Red. One of there songs has been one that I have listened to A LOT while being here, the lyrics are:

Slowly fading away
You're lost and so afraid
Where is the hope In a world so cold?
Looking for a distant light
Someone who can save a life
Living in fear that no one will hear your cries

(Come and save me now)
I am with you
I will carry you through it all
I won't leave you
I will catch you
When you feel like letting go
'Cause you're not
You're not alone

Your heart is full of broken dreams
Just a fading memory
And everything's gone
But the pain carries on
Lost in the rain again
When will it ever end?
The arms of relief
Seem so out of reach

But I
(I am here)
I am with you
I will carry you through it all
I won't leave you
I will catch you

When you feel like letting go
'Cause you're not
You're not alone

And I will be your hope
When you feel like it's over
And i will pick you up
When your whole world shatters
When you're finally in my arms
Look up and see love as a face

I am with you
I will carry you through it all
I won't leave you
I will catch you
When you feel like letting go
'Cause you're not
You're not alone

And I will be your hope
You're not alone
And I will pick you up
And i will be your hope

Slowly fading away
Lost and so afraid
Where is the hope in a world so cold?

This song has brought me comfort in knowing that, no matter what happens, God is always there to catch me, and be there to be my friend when it feels like I don't have any.

In any case...this has been an amazing trip and I've been here less then 2 weeks!! Can't wait to see what else happens!

With the wind,

Mark