que Dios te bendiga

may God bless you! :)

this past saturday, i had an amazing opportunity to go to mexico with some brothers and sisters from church to help build an orphanage in tecate, mexico, and to play with the orphans from an orphanage called City of Angels.  this trip consisted of many first's for me:

my first time outside of the states

my first time in mexico (san diego really IS close to mexico!)

my first time on a missions trip

my first time serving people outside of church

my first time serving with hope church (a church in general)

my first time seeing and playing with orphans

up until this moment, i always wondered why i never had a strong conviction or a sense of urgency to go on a missions trip. but this month, (and of all the months, my busiest month of the year) God told me to go. i didn't think twice about going or not, nor did i question His sudden calling; but rather, i signed up and went.

the trip itself was really good. although it was only a one-day trip and there wasn't much building involved, i really enjoyed the fellowship with my church group (this is another first for me since i'm not really a group-type of person, especially when i don't know more than half of the people) and i really, really enjoyed playing with the children. i brought my favorite caramel-apple lollipops to share with them... i hope they liked it! :D

anyways, this trip was a great first step to do God's work and i'm really glad that He gave me a desire to finally serve others instead of myself.