On 11 January I got the great privilege of entering into the final year of my 20's! Though I wasn't exactly that excited to turn 29 I was very excited to spend my first birthday at my favorite place in the whole world...the beach! It was incredible.
My friend Kim, who I was excited to spend more time with and get to know went and so did my new friend Nicole, who I had the honor of being her big sister for school and help her to adjust to life in Costa Rica. What a better way to adjust to life in Costa Rica than visiting the beach for the day! I was also blessed by so many birthday wishes and an amazing birthday video as well.
The day at Jaco Beach was perfect. It was bright, sunny, and hot the entire day and I finally used enough sunscreen to not even get a burnt this time, not even a slight bit of redness! I think I might finally have this using sunscreen thing down
Looking back over the 20's has been a journey that I can't even describe besides having God's protection all over me and His begging me to fall in love with Him. I started the 20's out rough and running as far away from God as I could with my involvement with partying, drugs, addictions of all sorts. It's amazing to remember that girl and even think that she was me.
Thankfully God rescued me yet again and called me to His work in missions and began transforming all my dirty, ugly, shameful, and embarrassing ashes for His amazing beauty full of redemption, glory, and honor. I still wonder why He has chosen me and would want to use a mess like me but thankfully He does. For that I am eternally grateful that He does not leave us where we are at but longs to take us into an incredible life and journey with Him as long as we are willing.
My prayer for this 29th year is that I will fall so so madly in love with Jesus. That I will run to Him, FIRST. That He will become my First Love and that I will truly see Him as my Husband. I want to be wholeheartedly and immediately obedient to even His softest leading. Please pray with me as this is my deepest desire.
Thanks to all who made my birthday a celebration of what God can do in a life.
I was all ready for this and finally got to bring my hat with me!
Nicole's first beach experiance in Costa Rica and Kim, her first time to Jaco.
Just a beautiful view of the beach in the morning at low tide. Can you believe that all that sand would be covered by tons of water within several hours? You can see how far the wet sand comes up. It's quite amazing to see how quickly and how far the water rises at high tide. Where does all that water go to?
Some fun rocks that decorate the shores.
Perparing to say goodbye to the beach as the sun was heading toward the horizon.
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