In the states....and now my final three weeks!

Hello all!

as I write this I am in the states for a short weekend, and getting ready to head intro the final three weeks of my adventure, as I sit here and look back at my time I am so amazed and blessed at everything the Lord has allowed me to do. I have overcome great things that I never would have thought was possible. if someone told me two years ago I would be living in a third world country for 4 1/2 months, then I would freak out, but now it all makes perfect sense. I really feel blessed by everything the Lord has taught me and all he has brought me through. as I talking with friends last night at a wedding, that this year was the most unique ever for me. I have thought about all I have given up to be doing what I am doing, my friends, family, life in the united states. Everything, but you know, despite everything that has happened I do not want to do anything else, this is what I want to do and everything I want to do. I want to go into missions full time and i want to do this exact thing. I have loved the adventure and the feeling of hard work and the love of the people. but now as I prepare to leave Honduras for who knows how long I want to finish on a good note and to be a light for the next three weeks. I am going to finish well and I am looking forward to everything the Lord is going to use me during my time back in the states, maybe it will be missions work among the spanish, or work among the youth, who knows what! but i want to finish my time in Honduras and finish well. Well, not a whole lot to yupdate you all on, i hope you had an awesome thanksgiving and I enjoyed seeing some of you guys this weekend, hope everything is going well.
Love ya!
Josiah

Only 4 days to go

Hello all,

I am here only antoher 4 days until I go home for a quick trip to the states for a friends wedding and thanksgiving, I am excited for this short trip.
I hope all of you are doing well,
I have some news, this past week I got my report card from th first period, I have an amazing grade of 87% this si outstanding for someone who is jumping into an advance school, and I fall only 4% under the top scores of the school. I am listed as a person with ALL A`s in peronsality and willingness to help and behave in class and in school. I am among only three of the excelent in personalty people. This is an honor,
on another note, this week has been one of the hadest weeks since I have moved here, maybe it is because I miss everyone and want to go home. But yet the Lord has been faithful and tonight I was able to get a lot done.
Well it is dark and I am going out to supper with a teacher who had their last day today and now my class is taking him out to eat.
I love you all!
Josiah

my week and my accomplishments

This past week has bee very sucessful, I was able to translate for an older couple who are teachers at the school. I am happy about that and it helps me feel more confident in my spanish, I feel that this past week i have been able to talk in more spanish than ever before. Another accomplishment is the fact that the talent show night went very well and was a huge sucess, we had a lot of people show up and everything went smoothly. This up and coming week I pridicvt will go by slowly, but I am praying it will go by really fast. I pridit it will go by slowly because of my antispation of retunring home for Thanksgiving. I am looking forward to seeing everyone, and I am looking forward to enjoying things that are from the states. I am looking forward to eating normal foods. And enjoying my time with family anf friends. I am really homesick right now just thinking about it.
Update on my spanish as always,
Well, I feel like I have not learned much, but according to the teachers and my youht group, I have learned a lot for only being here for three months. I must learn to not get discourged,
Connection with students
I am so FRUSTERATED with this area, I mean I have been here for three months and not had a chance to really build a firm connection. I leave in a month and i feel like I have wasted my time here, but yet I know the Lord has used me a lot and I know has fullfilled and is fullfilling what I am meant to do down here. I am just so frusterated with not seeing any fruit. perhaps they will come later on, I mean i have learned the culture, and the languge. I am doing what I love.
Prayer request,
1. my stomach, I have been feeling sick lately
2.Spanish as always
3. connection with students
4.wisdom on how to deal with my teacher who believes in evolution
5. a student who just recently developed a immense hatred for the USA and now is taking it out on me.
6. Wisdom on how to close out my relationships with the students as I enter my last month
7.School
8. my homesickness, only a week and half until I come home......
Praise reports,
1. my spanish is getting really good!
2 I have witnessed to some students
3. School is going amazing!
4.I am heading home in a week and half
5.God has allowed me patience with the students
Thank you all for reading this blog update, I hope to see all of you at thanksgiving.
God bless,
Josiah

My week experiement.....

As I mentioned in my last post about doing the week long experiment of walking daily in the spirit, I feel I need to update you all on it, so far it has been wonderful and I have seen some awesome fruits start apearing,
I have enjoyed my time this past week with the Lord, and my time with the students. I have been more productive this week then everbefore. I am so blessed, this experiment is going great, and I feel the need to keep walking in spirit. I will try my best, but I must admit I have not done my part the whole time. There were times when I messed up, but God is faithful. allow me to give some examples of times when I was happy for this experiment,
I had the chance to witness to two students on the bus, whle riding home one day.
I also was more patient with some students, and one of them, a kid who tends to pick on me. Talked with me and started trying to be friends.
Not to mention the opertunites to be able to witness in front of the whole class. When it came to matters of Evoulution, morals, and other issues.
other news:
I am heading hoem for Thanksgiving, I am so thankful for that, I am looking forward to attending my friends wedding and seeing everyone. I will then be retunring to Honduras for another 3 weeks, before coming home for good. I am missing everyone, but I know I will miss Honduras a ton and I am already making plans to come back here in a few years to visit. I also, am praying about my role in life after Highschool. I have felt a strong burden for this region and really want to seek the Lord about giving myself as a missionery.
I went to the oldest church in Central America this past weekend, that was fun. I will try to upload pictures soon.
for now, I need to go I am supossed to be syping in to my youth group!
God bless,
Josiah

my missions challenge

Dear Friends and Family,

I have a missions chalenege that I am going to try for this one week, and pray I keep it. And as I am doing it i want each person reading this to do the same experiment and see what happens, I have been poraying and reading the word and really feel like this is the next thing that will change my focus of missions.
The experiment,
go one whole week, walking in the word, and the spirit, making every decision based on the word of God. I know this seems too hard to do, and I know I will not always suceed. But what effect would it have on each one of us if we tried it for a week or two? so, as I enter school on Monday, I will try to walk in the spirit and the word. Not afraid of my faith, and willing to be a witness to everyone Iu come in contact with. Its time to get real about faith and about what our goals for the kingdom are. It is so hard to express my heart for this experiment i so desire to live out my life in the spirit so that way I may be fruitful. So that way my missions focus can really be challenged, I pray you apply this experiment to your lives as well, in the work place, school, church, every aspect and everything you do everyday. But the question I am challenging myself and you to ask is this, what are we trying to do to please god in this experiment? and are we ready for the results and the trials of this experiment? what cost will we pay this next week? please pray for me as I enter this experiment and I will do the same for you. If you want to ask questions about this or want to share something, simply sned me an email (forgive the grammer, this spanish keyboard is weird) joyofthesower@hotmail.com I will try to answer them as best and as fast as I can. God bless you this next week and always keep praying for me in Honduras.
In christ,
Josiah, joy of the sower