My next Adventure...... Bolivia??

As some of you may know I am strongly considering moving to Bolivia in August to teach for a year.

Yes I know, this is crazy and has come up quickly but I think this is what God is calling me to do.

My roommate Sarah and I found out about this opportunity about three weeks ago, and from the very first email sent to the school, everything has happened so quickly. The schools seems very interested in having us come down and teach and SIM( the missions organization) seems very willing to work with us and find a way for us to get down to Bolivia in time.

If we were to go, we would have to be down there around the beginning of August and the school year goes until around the beginning of May.

As I think about whether to go or not, a lot of things come to mind. I think about what a great opportunity this would be. I would learn so much about teaching, about myself, about God and about a foreign country. I would have so many stories to bring back and so many things to share. I know that I would be changed by this experience and I would hopefully make a change in the lives of my students down there.

I also know that things will be hard if I go. I will be away from my friends and family for a long amount of time and it will take effort to stay in contact with them. I will be in a foreign country and will have to adjust to a new culture and meet new people. I will have to re-learn Spanish. I will be homesick. I will need to fund raise.

While there are this list of hard things, these do not seem to hold a candle to all the good things that can come out of this. As my dad said " Who wants to live a comfortable life, Rachel". I know this can be hard and at times uncomfortable, but God is in it all. If he is calling me to go, he will provide the money I need and the comfort I need to be able to make it through. It may be hard, but when I think about the great experiences I could have and the fun times that could be ahead, I get excited!

In the future when I look back at my life and see what I have done, I want to be able to say that I was involved in Ministry and Teaching and going to Bolivia has both of these!