It's not always easy being a missionary....

I'm not going to lie to you, sometimes being a missionary just isn't that easy. I mean, God calls us to go to the ends of the earth and we just have to follow. I was pondering this as I was lying on the beach sipping my Pina Colata. Yep, it's not all ways easy being a missionary...
Every two years all of the YWAMER's from all over the Caribbean, and even some parts of South America get together to have the "YWAM Caribbean Conference." Lucky enough for us, it happened during our DTS so that meant that we got to go. It was five days in an all explusive hotel. That included food, drinks, everything, even a day at this go kart place and an day at this water park. We had two sessions; one for 8:30 to 12:15 in the mourning and then another in the evening from 5:00-7:30, but other then that, the rest of the time we had free. We were right on the beach too, so that was really nice. And you want to know the best part of it? WE WERE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN!!! Africa team and all. It was great. It was really the perfect rest we needed after our national outreach and just before going to our international outreaches. The only thing that made it a little stressfull however, was that Sandra and I were in charge of the children's ministry. This meant creating a program for them to do while the adults were in the sessions, making sure we had all the materials were would need, making sure we had people to work when we weren't working with the kids and making sure that they had all the materials too. And lets just say that these weren't the easiest bunch or kids I've ever worked with. Well, other then that though, everything else was great. I can't even describe how great it was and how much we really needed it, especially having that time to hang out with the Africa team before they left. Almost every night we would walk on the beach and just hang out and stuff. And another good things was that we didn't have any certain time that we had to be in by so I usually stay out talking with people until like 3 or 4. I had a lot of really good conversations and especially with this person that I didn't really get to talk to that much before. He's a really neat guy. We had a couple really good talks. I also got to have some good talks with people I had already grown really close to. I really can't even describe how great this time was but, before we knew it, we were saying good bye to our Africa team at 4 in the mourning. It was a hard good bye. However, little did I know that is wasn't the last time we would see them before they went. Since we weren't leaving for Haiti until Tueday, Sandra and I decided to spend the weekend with Soraya in the capitial, that also meant that we could stop by the Santa Domingo Base and see the Africa team one last time. It was soo good, we even got to go to the air port to see them off there. I tell you, it wasn't easy. Honestly I felt a little sick sending these people I loved so much off half was around the world for a month. I guess maybe I got a little taste of what some of you felt. I'm not used to sending people off, I'm used to going. But anyway, that was that. The Africa team was off and in Tuesday we would be going to one of the poorest, spiritually oppression, difficult countires in the world. Yeah, I've felt better, but I'm was excited!