Sarah's Mexico Missions Journey

 This post is going to be very raw and real! Yesterday, we had the opening ceremony and rally at school. I was told we wouldn't have class, so didn't have any lessons prepared. Guess what?! We did have class. Thankfully Liz jumped in! I was feeling very overwhelmed after school because I felt like I wasn't prepared for the day. I also found out I would be teaching 4 grades at in the same room at the same time, all with different books. Sounds fun, right?! I came home after school and sent out an e mail praise and prayer. Praise that the opening ceremony and rally went well, but prayers as I was feeling overwhelmed. I turned on some worship music and cried with the Lord! After all that I needed to take a nap : ) I just wanted my normal and routine back! I wanted to be able to do things my way! After my nap, I was able to chat with my mom for a bit. Bless her heart for praying and comforting me!  Three different people replied to my e mail and said God and you have got this.

I may repeat things that I have wrote about before for two reasons 1. I have a bad memory : ) 2. It's something God put on my heart and wants me to share again. I already knew this from when I was in Saltillo and Reynosa, but am reminded again of how spoiled we are in the United States and how selfish many of us are, myself included! How we can be wasteful too! Many of the people here in Mexico have very little, but yet are so happy. I know I often find myself back home wishing I had this or that. It seems we are often wanting bigger and better. Why it is so hard for us to be happy with what we have and be in the moment. I will give you a few examples of things I, maybe you also take for granted. Water from the faucet, we have to drink bottled water here and even use it for brushing our teeth. We can use it to wash hands, but not for drinking. Toilets/toilet paper-some of the toilets here do not have seats and most public places you have to bring your own toilet paper. Baths-both p