Life Right Now

I've sat down to write a post about 4 times since the last post and just can't muster up the right words for what has been going on the last while. Today I am going to succeed in my attempt, I have to because I hate that I haven't been communicating very well. So here it goes.

My positions at base have been growing considerably and it's been a stretching experience. With my role as WISE school staff I've had the chance to lead the school and stand in for the leader quite a few times when his other jobs have called him to duty. It's been amazing to see the students grow. Though all of them are older than I am it's been such an evident process that God is taking them through and I am so proud of them for embracing what God has for them no matter how hard it can be. One of the highlights is that we got to work with a skate team that came down from Canada. These kids were awesome and even though they didn't all believe in God they still wanted to serve. We got to go to an orphanage with them and went out with them to work with Remnant (our skate ministry on base). Working with the development department has been interesting as well. Though the database that I am supposed to be working on is not up yet, I have found myself busy with other details of the group. We get to help turn this base into the full potential it has. We are planning promotional tours and dinners on the base to raise the support that we need and bring more students in. It's a really exciting department to be a part of because we get to be creative and visionary and see the fruit of our work. WISE school ends in 1 week and I'm not sure what else I will be asked to do.

The last month or so I have been going in and out of being really sick. Then last week I finally had enough and decided I needed to go to the doctor. I got tested and they found a couple different bacteria in my blood. It's normal for this area but I'm not used to it and I possibly let it go for too long because I have been out for a week now. I'm on an antibiotic, doxycyclin, to kill the bacteria but it is very strong and causing some exhaustion. I should be back to normal soon. I'm hoping at least because I am sick of laying in bed.

God is moving so much in Mazatlan right now. We have about 25 youth from the city staying at our base right now because they want to reach their city. During Semana Santa (Holy Week), this week, we are training the youth for a couple days and going with them to reach their city. I haven't been able to make it to the activities this week but I did make it to a worship session the other night and these kids are really excited about God! They really want to seek after Him and what He has for their city. It's such a huge praise to see them stand up like this. One of our main visions is to see the Mexicans leading Mexicans to reach Mexico. It gets me so excited to see it happen.

There are some things that I want to ask you to pray with me about.
1. Next year. My commitment to YWAM Maz is up in August and I need to decide whether I will be committing to another year or if I will be moving on to another project. I just want hear God on this because He knows what's best, sometimes it is just hard to hear Him on my own because my own desires can be so strong.
2. Health. For me and my friends, and for Mazatlan. There seems to be an outbreak in the city right now and lots of people are getting sick.
3. Finances. I'm still behind in some of my finances due to a school that I did when I first got here.
4. Homesickness. I have been really homesick the last while. I think it mostly has to do with being sick and wanting to be comfortable. But I also really miss my family right now, I can't wait until I come home to visit!

Thank you all for your prayers and being interested in what God's doing in my life.
Love you all,
Tasha