Six months ago I moved to Puerto Rico to learn español! The transition to PR has been tough because I was leaving the thing that I loved the most...my community. My community at home consisted of my 2 mentors and their families, my best friends, my cohort members from grad school, my colleagues from work, and my church family. My time in PR has been a serious struggle...emotionally. The most amazing thing that I have learned from this journey is how to draw closer to God. I had no friends, no car, little money, no cable, and a pretty bad cell phone signal. To add on to those small things...most of the time I'm lost in translation. So any time that my love tank was empty, I was exhausted, confused, frustrated, angry, or just home sick... I learned to pray. Before I moved here I prayed for a new community in PR. I prayed for women who would have my best interest at heart. Women who loved the Lord. Women who would build me up. Women who were strong. Women who had weakness. Women who would encourage. Women who could receive love. Women who were compassionate. Women who were uniquely themselves. Two weeks before I came home for Holiday this picture was taken. I realized...God answered my prayer.
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