Hi,
I chose my blog post to be about spiritual growth because it’s something I hold very close to my heart on and off the trip — and I just happened to get the opportunity to write about it.
There are multiple things that I can personally attribute my spiritual growth to. Some of these things include the morning Bible Lesson studies, the environment, the allowed and encouraged mental space we have to think, and countless other opportunities.
For example, the Bible Lesson studies are incredibly helpful to me even though while reading the lessons, I don’t always understand them. But since our school has been blessed with someone like James, I can understand all the lessons. He explains it in a way that just opens my mind to the thoughts expressed in the Bible Lesson.
Not to mention all the staff who ask questions that help the students better understand the information. The way the morning lessons go and how they are explained are a substantial reason as to why I am learning during the Bible Lessons, instead of fighting to stay awake.Another thing that has helped me grow exponentially on this trip has been this beautiful location! I mean when you’re sitting there on the beach talking to God, at sunset, watching the massive waves crash into the sand over and over and over again, it doesn’t get much better than that. All the things that I have seen unfold right in front of my eyes on this trip have taught me lessons as well. I have held multiple conversations with all the people staying at the same location with us, I have seen interactions in another language that I don’t even understand but understand what they’re talking about from their facial expressions.
I have seen irrefutable evidence of God everywhere I go here. I believe that is because this place is so different from where I’m from and the Link basecamp. This has allowed me to enter into a completely new state of mind, where I’m looking for the good in everything. When looking for the good, I see it. This has given me the desire to embody the good I see in other people and to treat them with the same love. Everything about this trip has directly supported my spiritual growth!Bye!
Jace
