Dios le bendiga hermanos!

So what has happened in the life of Lynnea.... (I apologize for not being active on this for awhile)
I guess I will start with where I am at. I am still at good ol' B-crest and on the dance team, Refined Undignified. It has had its difficulties but I still love dancing. This semester has been really hard for me, but as hard as it has been, it has been good. In one of my classes about Exodus we talked about God testing the Israelites. The first time he tested them he didn't get angry with them when they failed, but it rather revealed the Israelites weaknesses. That's me, I am being shown my weaknesses, and they are not in lack, haha.
I was supposed to be doing my internship for 6 months starting this summer but things just weren't working out, and it was crunch time so I have decided to do another full year at Briercrest and do my internship next year. With not doing my internship – which I was dead set on doing – I have learned to give up control to the Lord. One of my biggest lessons I have been learning is to trust the Lord, in all things. So I have no idea what I am doing this summer, but that is totally okay. I have no idea what the Lord has in store for next year – because I decided not to do RU again – but I did apply for an RA for the high school dorm here. There are some great candidates for the position so I have no idea if I will get it but again, it is in the Lord's hands.
Another area I have been learning to trust God in, is the area of relationships. One of my close guy friends on RU and I have had an interesting past, and didn't end on the best note at the end of last year. Then, beginning of this year he decided to start pursuing me, which was pretty exciting for me – not initially though, because I had a disliking for him because of some stuff that went down the previous year, haha. One of the RU rules though is that you can't date team members so we were waiting for April to start dating. We were pretty positive that it would happen, and gave very little room to say that things could change if it was in God's will. Things can change so rapidly though. In January I would say we were in that 'honeymoon' stage but then all of the sudden he started acting different. It turns out he didn't like me anymore and that went on for a month. Then at MissionFest with our team, I decided I couldn't do it anymore. Every day was a battle for me, and most of the time he didn't even talk to me anymore. So I called it off. The last month has been brutal, I don't think I have ever gone through so much pain. It is really hard because we were really close friends before any of this began, and now I have lost a very dear friend and I really do miss him. We then had our 'closure' talk two nights ago. It is hard facing the reality that it is over and in time I will come to the full realization of it.  I know that comes with time though. To be honest, I am hurt, really hurt for that matter, but I don't hate him. I really don't know the full reason for him not liking me anymore but I stopped wondering about it awhile ago because all that will do is create bitterness – and create division on our dance team. I still want the best for him, and I hope he finds a great girl who compliments him well and who will be able to do kingdom work together. It is a process, but I am trying to unconditionally love him even if he may not return that. So please be praying for me in all of this, as many of you have probably been in similar situations know, it is not easy. So yet I still remain in single land, which I am starting to like more and more, again. :)
In other news, I am going to Mexico for three weeks! My dance team was invited to do dance ministry in the area of Progreso, Mexico – near Cancun. I am so excited for the people, food, culture, and ministry opportunities. What might be real fun though is that I get to spend three straight weeks with the guy mentioned above... wahoo! (Take that last sentence as sarcasm, haha). It will be tough but again, it will be a growing and refining experience. In all seriousness though, I am really excited for Mexico because as you guys may know, I love cultures, people and languages.
I want to hear from more of you! I am glad to hear about those who have posted. Praying for you guys and I love you guys so much.
Lynnea

Lil Message

Hey everyone who reads this!
Two years ago we all went on different trips and faced hard times but through it all we were able to spread God's love throughout the world. My hope is that you remember these trips and the things God taught you on them. Through these trips we used what we learned from kaleo, although hard at times, to accomplish some pretty incredible things. Although I loved kaleo and maybe didn't use it to its fullest potential, I still have doubts about doing it, but there are things that always remind me of why it was an important step. I thankyou for the memories and truly hope you are all doing well. As much as I would love to hear an update from you all, I know its hard to keep in touch, but i'm always open to getting a life update! Either through facebook or on here or a letter. haha. that may be stretching it. Anywho, all I really wanted to get out of this short post was that I'm just remember the mission trips we served on and just remembering some of the fun we had. God is good.