Hanging in There

Faith is what keeps me hanging on to the things God has called me to do when everything gets hard. God calls us to go out on a limb and take risks for Him, to believe He will do the impossible. It seems, as I'm moving farther out the limb is getting shorter. I can see that I'm about to fall off but God keeps telling me to move farther from the cliff and trust Him. It's a beautiful thing to trust God with your life. The closer to falling I get the more God has room to move and really be glorified! How exciting to know that God is being glorified through me! The fact that He is preparing me to glorify Him even more blows my mind...as His daughter He is going to use me to facilitate His glory...what an honor we have as His children.

I had the blessing of going home the week before Christmas! It was so good to be with my family and friends during the holiday season; baking cookies, drinking coffee, and just spending time together. It still seems surreal that I was just home 2 weeks ago. It brought a new reality of how life is going to be while I'm on the mission field. Though it's hard to be away from home it is so much sweeter when we're all reunited. Right now I still have a week of vacation left this year and the plan is to go home soon after my nephew arrives from Guatemala! This will be the sweetest trip home yet. We're still not sure when that's going to be yet but I'm excited to find out!

WISE School started on Monday! Our first students, Ben and Ashley, came in to Mazatlan on Friday and another student, Christian, just arrived to the bus station now. There are only 4 students that will be attending WISE school this year and it's going to be awesome. The smaller the school, the more time we can spend with each student. Though it's hard for us logistically, we believe there's a reason this starting school is so small and so unique! I'm excited to see where God takes us as staff and how this school forms into something new and refreshing for YWAM Mazatlan and YWAM Mexico as a whole. I'm so blessed to be a part of something that 's going to be so big for so many people.

Keep me updated on how you guys are doing as well. I love letters and emails. :-)

Love you all,


Tasha