sams update

So yeah, Corey has summed up a lot of the main, important aspects to our trip so far but the main thing is that GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS! And I was reminded by him that he does it on his own time, and usually to humble you and teach you something. This epiphany occurred to me while I was plucking weeds out of my grandmas flower bed on the 6th day. The reason we were doing this manual labor, was because we had just emailed a bunch of organizations looking for opportunities and had the rest of the day to do other things. So we were kind of ancy, and hoping we would get some responses and decided to finally just do some manual labor to help out my grandma who cant, because shes not able. It was in that moment of picking weeds that God taught me a valuable lesson: If I were to go to Paraguay, and the only thing I got to do was serve my predominantly non Christian family in ways such as pulling weeds, that is just as much missionary work and pleasing to God than volunteering 3 months of our time to a big, well known organization that everyone can praise us for and appreciate. If that was Gods plan for us while here, than there's nothing we can do about it. So in that moment I understood that God has plans for us and HE is in control; me and Corey are not, no matter how much we want to be. 1 hour after really meditating on this and thanking God for humbling me, we were bombarded with requests from 4-5 organizations to volunteer. I am thankful for the opportunities and will serve to the best of my ability, but I will keep what God taught me consistently in my motivation.
Since then, Corey and I have been having quite the adventure! Meeting people like Johannis who have given up a more lavish lifestyle to tell youths in a poor country about Jesus is really encouraging for Corey and me.
Apart from that, another awesome thing God is doing is allowing me to learn Spanish! With Corey here assigning me homework from a textbook everyday (I have my 1st test tomorrow) I feel like im making steady progress. I feel that God wants me at my families house for these couple weeks to learn the language, because not knowing the language- i found- really limits your potential in connecting and interacting with the majority of people here.
Also, I just want to really thank all of you that are at home and consistently reading our updates and pray for us regularly, it really is the biggest encouragement to us that you guys are keeping us in your thoughts and prayers! I think our main prayer requests are: safety (as Curry noted), a humble and generous heart, motivation to work hard in 90+ weather, and that God uses us to the best of our abilities while volunteering.
interesting stories: Corey losing some of the most important things he brought: license and iPhone, Spanish textbook, and all of his boxers.. the fact all Paraguayans call Corey 'Curry'. buying sparkling water thinking its regular water. And every bus at least 10+ people over maximum capacity.