Time apart makes the Heart Grow Fonder

We all have heard the phrase time apart makes the heart grow fonder. I can certainly attest to that as for those of you who know me know that I love to drive truck and see the world. I have another testimony to that statement as I came back to Costa Rica. I returned here on Jan. 2 and I am here for a couple weeks, to close out my time here. On Saturday I had the opportunity to hang out and talk with my friends here. Yesterday on Sunday I went to church and to my roommate's host family for dinner. We had a time of prayer and just talking bout what God is doing.
Both those experiences had opened my eyes to what God has been doing since Nate and I have been doing since we have been working in La Milpa and La Cuenca. When we are all caught up in the moments of life and in different situations or just trying to handle the everyday life. We often times miss the simple blessings or the works of God, because we are so caught up in the moments of life situations. Having the opportunity to come back and just what God has done in the past two weeks that I was home was just amazing. People are going to church for the first time or people are opening up more to Nate as he continues the work. Or just that the kids still run up to you and give the biggest hug just because we love them as Christ has loved us.
The opportunity came when I had the opportunity to talk and pray for a man named James on the street. He told me that he had just gave his life to the Lord a short while ago and that he is living on the streets but God is changing him. He told me that tomorrow, which is today Monday the 5Th, he is going to rent a place because God has given him the ability to start his own business and to be able to afford to pay rent.
Prayers
Praises
-to be able to come back
-for all that God has and is teaching me
-for all the support from home
Requests
-there are still some decisions at home for me to make
-just for a time of rest and relaxation here
-that God will continue to show up