Pros And Cons Of Living In Honduras

This was not how I imagined spending my teenage years. In fact, I imagined living a fantasy teen life that dealt with shopping, sleepovers, and parties- like in the movies. Well, God put a little twist in that fantasy and now I’m living in Honduras where it seems like all my fears are being thrown right at me. To clarify, my life is like a living target, my fears are like the arrows flying straight towards me,and God’s acting as the wind that helps them miss occasionally. Through God’s help he has blown a few arrows away from the target, which in the end taught me that through all the misses there’s been a reason behind all the powerful hits. Adjustment, Honduras’ culture, and disorganization are my biggest fears and when I started getting hit with a few arrows it made me realize that I needed to receive help from the wind.

To demonstrate, it was like a bear that just awoke from his hibernation in the middle of winter. As can be seen, this enormous wake up call, after being in the dark for several months, was not so friendly. In fact, I started becoming furious with God and wondering,“Why my family?” Obviously, I wanted to not adjust my lifestyle to a new one that was completely opposite from my original lifestyle and overtime I became finding out that it was extremely selfish. For this reason, I started reading again in my Bible and Proverbs 18:1 stood out to me which stated, “Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.” With this verse in mind, it had shown me that I needed to open up to more than my own desire in life. Although, I still struggle with adjusting to everything, but through all the ups and downs God has always been there. As shown above, I have been through moments that were angry, furious, and wrathful with God, however God was like the wind in my life that was cooling me off from the hot times in