Pre-Costa Rica thoughts

Friends, Family, Supporters and Prayer Warriors!

Thank you so much for your support and prayers! I ask that you would continue to pray for me. I will be posting on this blog as much as I can, Lord willing. I pray that you will be encouraged, blessed and that your walks with Christ might be strengthened by the things I learn that I can hopefully share with you!

Right now, God is teaching, breaking, molding, and testing me to trust.
Trust.
Ahhh It makes me cringe sometimes. I am definitely a people person, I love easily. However, trust does not come naturally for me.
Surrender.
This is what I am learning to do. FULLY surrender my fears, struggles, short-commings, worries, nerves and lack of trust.... giving all of these things to the One, the only One who is worthy of all our trust. The One who will never let us down. Never leave us, nor will He ever forsake us. NOTHING can snatch us out of the grip of our Heavenly Father.
How comforting and assuring is that?
We just have to knock down our walls, take that step (or leap) of faith and give it all to Him.
Easier said than done...
We can try all we want to depend on others, especially depending on ourselves; but we will fail. Time and time again, we will fail and get hurt when we don't allow God to control our lives and be the Center of it ALL!
I need to trust Him to protect and provide for the people I am leaving here in the states while I'm gone. This is just some of the stuff God is teaching me before I even get on the plane.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting me and reading this! I would like to ask for your continuous prayers while I am gone. Some things off the top of my head which I will continue to inform you on while in CR:

-Safety
-That God would give me peace beyond what I can imagine
-For my family, that they would trust God with me and they would grow closer to Him as a result
-That God would expand my learning abilities and take me out of my comfort zone and be able to become FLUENT in Spanish
-God will have His way in me, and I would not let my flesh get in the way or distract me

I could not possibly thank you enough! God bless you! I love you and thank God for you!
I will talk to you soon! :)
Kelsey Gold