Personal testimonies in Colombia so far!
Colombia has been an incredible experience so far. That doesn’t mean that nothing has been difficult, but it does mean that I have had God with me. While here, God has been doing so many things in and through me. Here are just a few:
About halfway through my time in North Carolina, I asked God to give me true peace. Not that He hadn’t already shown me much more peace than I had ever felt before, but I wanted to experience it in its purest form. I wanted to have so much peace that when the people around me see me, they immediately recognize the peace the Lord has given me. God listened! He first showed me that peace is a FRUIT of the Spirit, not a GIFT of the Spirit! This means it’s not something He simply gives you, it’s something that must be cultivated and pruned. So, He started by pointing out the things in my life that weren’t bringing me peace. He was showing me what I need to let go of. This included many things, some of which were my overachiever mentality, my need to learn and always have the right answer, and one of the biggest, my need to watch over and protect everyone around me. While all these can be good things, He is teaching me the importance of balance. He’s teaching me to trust Him with it all. It’s funny, when I trust Him to handle it in His way, He does so much better than I ever could. I’ve been slowly seeing the difference, but I also know I’m still so far from where I want to be.
I as a person highly desire feedback so that I can learn how and what to do better. The Lord has seen that and decided that I need to learn how to take a compliment. (God has a sense of humor) Another thing He has been showing and teaching me is to slow down and look at how far I’ve come. To reflect on who I was and what I used to do, and see how much He has accomplished in my life. This is very difficult for me, but He has been showing me how proud He is of me and all that I have done and am doing. I really struggle with accepting compliments and he knows this. He wants me to see and be proud of what I’ve done. Over a week, at least six people spoke to me about how God works through me and how visible it is. I thank God so much for everything He has done in me. I hope to learn to accept compliments graciously, but for now, I am just grateful to Him for bringing me here.
This is an interesting point I can’t go into too much detail on, but I still want to write about it. About a month and a half ago, I prayed that I would build trust with God, that I would be someone He could trust with anything. About a week ago, I looked back and saw that He definitely answered that prayer. He has placed so many things in my hands that I didn’t even think I was qualified for, but He still trusted me. What’s crazy is that I only said that prayer once and forgot about it. It just shows that He is listening, even to the smallest things.
This is very small but he has answered another prayer I forgot about. Over 4 months ago I prayed for the ability to silence my mind and just focus on God during worship. Funny enough he gave me this ability when the worship in is Spanish. When I would probably think the most because I don’t know what’s being sung is when I silence my mind the most. I learned that it is about telling your mind to stop and your spirit to start. Of course you don’t have the power to do this in your own. You must pray and ask for this all of the time. But it is something that he is so willing to give.
I also farted and burped at the same time on 10/23/25 at 7:12 pm (this is a lifetime achievement for me.)
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