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Travel Journal: Cuenca, Day 11







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Travel Journal: Cuenca, Day 1

(I've been using a countdown app since day 120. Finally seeing this was pretty surreal.) The whole travel process felt like a whirlwind of: " How  far away is my gate?"  " Why  is this the noisiest suitcase in existence?"  " Who  told me I was old enough to travel without supervision?"   For the record, I navigated all the American and Ecuadorian airport connections and bag retrievals surprisingly successfully. The only hiccup was a stop at a security check because I forgot to drink all my water. (Sorry, Mom.) (Waiting alone for the last flight in a nearly empty terminal.  One of the many "This is wild, I can't actually be doing this by myself" moments I've gone through over the last 32 hours or so.)      As my first full day in Cuenca winds down, I might have to call it the longest day in existence. Though I slept for a rough total of 3.5 to 4 hours during my overnight travel, the longest stretch was 2 hours at a...
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Travel Journal: Cuenca, Day 2

     Apparently my body needed more rest than I thought it did, because I didn't get up until after 9 today. And even though we did less throughout the day, I seem more tired than yesterday. Probably not caught up yet, but I'll be on my way if this post doesn't take too long! (The morning view.) This morning I reached for My Utmost for His Highest to do my devotional and accidentally read the wrong page. It must have been a Holy Spirit thing, because the November 11 message hit home real quick: "The sacrifice is gone through in will before it is performed actually. When God spoke, He did not confer with flesh and blood, i.e., your own sympathies, your own insight, anything that is not based on your personal relationship to God. These are the things that compete with and hinder obedience to God. If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him. ...in the crucible you learn to know God...
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Travel Journal: Cuenca, Day 7

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