Guatemala: Day 7

Meow (Ola) from Guatemala!

Hey Northview, it’s Nicky Wilson…how are you? Are you doing alright without me? I’m having a pretty crazy experience down here…thanks for asking. It’s been a huge challenge for me I honestly didn’t think it would be this hard. I got really really really sick on Tuesday and had explosive fiery liquid coming out of every hole in my body (bad image). After that I couldn’t really eat for 4 days, just the smell of food was making me sick, I felt so bad because I thought my host mom thought it was her cooking. I’m feeling much better now, its ruined Mexican food for me but whatever, anything for Jesus:D.

Meow (Ola) from Guatemala!

Hey Northview, it’s Nicky Wilson…how are you? Are you doing alright without me? I’m having a pretty crazy experience down here…thanks for asking. It’s been a huge challenge for me I honestly didn’t think it would be this hard. I got really really really sick on Tuesday and had explosive fiery liquid coming out of every hole in my body (bad image). After that I couldn’t really eat for 4 days, just the smell of food was making me sick, I felt so bad because I thought my host mom thought it was her cooking. I’m feeling much better now, its ruined Mexican food for me but whatever, anything for Jesus:D.

The kids down here are amazing! They worship God so passionately I love it! We’re having tons of fun with them. The VBS is going really well and the drime team are doing fantastic, every time they do “In The Light” it brings me to tears. The construction is hard work so pray for strength, Shawn’s jokes, and that they find water in the well.

Before I came down here I really figured this trip would be really easy for me. I kept thinking oh I’ve had such a hard life I can take anything. I really hated that I thought that way but it would always happen. This Trip has really been a humbling experience for me. Its taught me I’m not exactly called to cross cultural missions but stick with what I know and what I know and my all time favourite thing to do and could see doing for the rest of my life is serving addicts, the homeless and struggling youth. I figured after my missions trip from Montreal that I was called to missions or the homeless. But this trip is making me stronger in my call to the homeless. Some people might tremble at the streets of East Hastings and take a foreign country over it any day but not me.

If you would have asked me 2 weeks ago about what this trip would teach me I could have never of guessed this. God has really humbled me and made my path a little bit more clear. I thank him for that but not just that but also for suffering.

Suffering is actually an amazing wonderful thing! In suffering we learn so much, suffering has made me into the person I am today, has brought me to Christ, and teaches me so much. When life is good it’s boring and in away a waste of time, what does anyone learn when life is good? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, I’m not saying I’m so much as suffering down here (accept that one day in the bathroom for 7 hours) it’s just a thought that I’ve been pondering and wanted to share with YOU! I encourage you today to think about your suffering and think about what its taught you (I’ve always wanted to preach, move over Jeff ) try to thank God for it. I know that can be so hard but eventually you look back and go oh that’s why all those horrible things happened, thanks God :D!

Well I’m starting to stray off topic now so ill leave you with a meow and will someone please tell my dad that I want Veal Neptune with garlic mashed potatoes and halundaise sauce for dinner and for him to feed my cat, I swear if I come home to a dead cat and no garlic mashed potatoes ill move out!! )

I love you daddy even though you’ll never read this because you don’t know it exists!

Adios!