so a few things are happening in my life:

1. i'm in love with a guy that thinks it's important for me to do what i'm passionate about ... even if it keeps sending me away to foreign lands.

2. my current job situation is really starting to gnaw away at me ... physically, emotionally ... soo ...

3. i've started working out and eating healthy in an attempt to be more lively in a not-so-lively environment and THUS hoping i will find renewed energy to make this season of my career a great learning experience.

4. all of these things combined (oh, and God's ever-impeccable timing), i have decided to take an offer to be on the awaken honduras team through mosaic.

in a few months, i will be racking my brain to figure out solutions to decrease poverty for a community that lives in a landfill in tegucigalpa. did you catch that? there are 1200 people, 250 kids LIVING IN a landfill. most of the children were born in the dump and have never been outside of it. no burger king playgound, no movies, no running water ... ever. that's unacceptable.

we had dinner tuesday night with a man from honduras that we will be working with when we arrive. he has never been to the states before so it was such an honor to be able to sit around a table and hear his story. his words pierced my heart as he spoke of his relationships with the people in the dump as well as the condition of honduras. when he began going to the dump years ago, he didn't expect to make it out alive. the people were hostile, completely jaded by outsiders and politicians coming in and taking pictures of the situation and using the funding for their own good. these people have been used and manipulated. but they trust jeoni now... and things are happening there that are unexplainable ... miracles ... signs of gradual freedom ... and we are about to step into it in hopes that we can help them in the best way we know how ... starting companies based on the talents and resources of the people.

we have no idea how we're going to do it yet, we're still trying to put together some strategies, but this may be another life changing moment.

one of the comments jeony made at dinner as he was telling his story ... "God brought me there to bring solutions. if a child was without milk, it was my responsibility to find milk. it's easy to have faith when you're not starving ..."

i will become a voice for these people that will invoke change in others ... a voice so provocative that it will demand they use their resources to bring solutions that will change the world.