Good bye training, Hello Navajo!

What an incredible first few days it has been. Getting to know my team has been such a blessing! Together we have laughed, been challenged, cried, and have dived further deeper into a knowledge of God.

The president of Experience Mission, along with a few other staff leaders, have taken time to be a part of the kick off to the very first immersion program! It has been an unbelievably thrilling start for everyone involved- we cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for us. It has also been a very humble beginning. In our American society, we have trained ourselves to be slaves of time. It is so easy to get caught up in where, what's next, and for how long that we miss out on what's right in front of us. Schedules constantly dictate how our minutes an hours should be run, but we have quickly learned that this trip will be far from that.

We originally planned on staying in a wonderfully generous mission family's home just west of Farmigton, New Mexico until the end of this week, but our plans rapidly changed when we heard of a remote community's need for a Vacation Bible School. Our team leader, Heather, along with EM staff member, Sarah, and president, Chris directed us to pack up our belongings so we could attend a Wednesday evening church service in a Navajo community..Bisiti. We were warmly welcomed, attended a beautiful time of worship an learning, then were fed with a feast made by these amazing people. (THE best green chile soup I have ever tasted). The service itself was spoken and sung in half English, half Navajo. After stuffing our faces, the pastor's wife, Rhonda, took us to a well a couple miles or so away from the church. Oh. My. Gosh. It was pretty much an all-natural hot tub. (If you have ever sat in the Combest hot tub, you know how hot we like it and this thing was definitely up to par). We came back to the church and spread ourselves out on cots to get a good nights sleep before yet another new adventure.

We have been learning to adapt to circumstances rather than making them adapt to us. It's quite the learning experience! Today, just like every other day, will be full of great surprises as well as a couple curve balls.. But we are ready!!

More pictures to come :)

Missing and praying for you all. Thanks for reading!!