Spring Break 2015.

Impact 007

This year’s spring break was the best spring break ever. I could write a lot about it, maybe I will, but I know that some people just won’t understand it. I was one of them before this surpassing experience, people that don’t know the Lord or just haven’t feel an almighty divinity whichever. So, my friend Sarai told us last year about this trip and I said yes without thinking; this year I didn’t want to go. I was so afraid and the second night (March 30^th) I knew why: I was empty spiritually, I had always perceived it but hadn’t accept it utterly.

 There were five of my generation that went to the trip, including myself, Sarai, Maritza, Angie and Paloma. This trip made me become closer to them and it’s awesome, because I hadn’t had the time to build university friendships of my age. I’m grateful for having you by my side those days and from now on I hope we’ll get closest.

Me, Sarai, Maritza, Paloma and Angie

Impact 007 at Angel's Tacos :)

So, first day, we got assigned to Impact 7 (007), Maritza and I, and Ebe-nezer church in Guadalupe Victoria. The name of the pastor in charge of that church is Lorenzo, he asked me if I go to church and I said “no”, so he said “I hope Christ touches and speaks to you”. I did my first interpretation, it was good, and I was actually fluent! On the second day, during the road to the site, Jen (one of our leaders) had this question of the day game, that day question was “What is the one word that describes yourself?” And I don’t know why I could think of a proper word so I didn’t answer it until late in the afternoon while we were heading back to camp. There was this skit that team members do, someone needed to read it in English and other in Spanish, so I read the Spanish version and also corrected grammar mistakes, then I translated the explanation of a bible verse and the final prayer of the day. The word that describes me is “Brave”, Jen asked me why that word and my response was “Since I’m living away from my family everyone has told me that I’m a brave person to leave everything and everyone there. Also, for today: the skit, the explanation and the final prayer interpretations’.” That day in worship time the pastors’ stories touched me and I related to them so much that I felt it, the grace, I cried and accepted that grace. Next day I told my Impact team, the night before I wrote and shared this words with them: “I was afraid of coming here, not only because it is my first time interpreting, but also because I was so afraid of forgiving myself; to let go things, the meaningless one’s. 

With Gary and Mary Lou, they live in Colombia and
are also misioners,

But last night (March 30^th) Christ/God spoke to me through the pastors and I realized it was time to forgive me and my ‘prójimo” (other people). I have always believed in an almighty entity but never knew how to find it, I guess it found me. I’m super thankful to be here if not changing the world, at least I’m changing myself.” On April 1^st at night, it was done a funeral for people to reborn: “If we died with him, we will also live with him.” I needed to die, to kill the things that harm me and don’t let me be at my 100% that was my second funeral in my life. No more super drunk parties; getting drunk, drink every day/week nor making out with people casually. The last day, was the challenging one because everything happened that day, even though everyone could handle it. We did affirmations and some made me cry; seeing everyone talking so nice of others just made me feel delectable.

Everyone (in the camp, the team) made me feel awesome; loved, useful, like I really belonged there. I’ve felt with other people that, but this time it was beyond, all felt unquestionably powerful.

Definitely, next year I’ll go and I’ll try that people who have similar story to mine can go and experience all I did.

I FEEL FEATHERY. My eyes and my smile are the witnesses of that. 

~PriixNeshw;!* aka Yannin