Mexic09 Guest Blogger: Megan Wotring
(Megan and Joel at Kidzania)
I love hearing different people’s views on the stuff we do around GSM, so tonight I pulled aside Megan Wotring to shed some light on this trip from her vantage point.
Megan’s a rockstar, she just graduated high school and is headed to Bethel in the fall. She was a student in GSM, and next year she’ll be one of our fearsome leaders!
She wrote:
“Throughout our time in Mexico this week, God has been ever present. God has changed my heart here, and what really hit home for me this week was the fact that peace is a state of mind. Every day we have the choice to choose our own attitudes. We have the choice to live each day with a purpose and thank God for what we’re given. The reality is this: your life has the potential to be everything you want it to be and more. Not because of your circumstances, but only because you choose to make it great.
Today we had the privilege to take a group of kids on a field trip to Kidzania, which is basically an indoor amusement park. I had a chance to live out what I learned this week. Joel and one of his buddies were about to go down a big slide and enter an underground play world. In the meantime, Heather and I had about twenty minutes to spare while we waited for our friends to come back. At this point, we were worn out from a week a hard work, hard play, and we were STARVING!! We wanted SO badly to sneak out for a short time and go grab some food while our kids were underground, but we knew that wasn’t the right thing to do. We knew our responsibility to our friends was to wait for them, so that’s exactly what we did.
In the end, I’m glad I did the right thing. When I saw Joel’s smiling face as he came back upstairs, my heart melted. His smile puts a smile on my face and makes me grateful for the relationship we made and gives me the strength and courage to keep moving and do the next right thing.”
From her above post, you can see why I asked her to write. She’s got wisdom beyond her years and I’m so glad she’ll be a leader in GSM next year!
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I absolutely love Megan and loved working with her in Mexico. She will be an awesome leader and one worthy of admiration! By the way DC, I am flattered that I made the blog!