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Heidi in Ciudad Juarez
Well, I have been here for two days now, but here has been back and forth over the border from Texas to Juarez. I am staying for the last night tonight at a place called the House of Cornelius in Fabens, TX. It is the base of operations for IFM when they have outreach teams going into Juarez. Everyone here has made me feel very at ease and so much logistical stuff has gotten done, praise God! Car insurance, visa, moving my stuff into my new apartment, practice driving around the city, meeting with the directors of the school I will be living and working at---it's been busy!
I feel a strange peace about everything. Usually this sort of situation would drive a planner like me CRAZY because I am starting to teach English on Monday to the kids at this school and I don't know really what I will be doing or how I will be doing it. I want to be prepared, but I just really feel the Lord telling me not to stress, and all the people here have given me the same feeling. I am not working for Cherry Creek Schools anymore. I don't have unrealistic deadlines and standards that are sometimes placed above just loving children. And here I can do what I am doing in the name of JESUS and there is no denying it. I feel a freedom here that I didn't in Colorado. Freedom to just follow the Lord and NOT plan every second of every day for a change. Praise Jesus!
Just pray that the enemy won't tempt me to go to the extreme either way--by either not being responsible with my time and resources, or by beginning to stress when things feel even more out of my control. Out of my control is the BEST place for things to be, so they can be in the complete control of the Lord.
God bless you and I am praying for all of you! Today is Mexican Independence Day, by the way, so VIVA MEXICO!!!!!!!!!!
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