transición...

transition (noun): the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.

transition can be a difficult journey.  change isn’t always easy.  it’s hard to leave the comfortable for the unknown.  but transition itself is a process of changing, and generally by the end of that process, the result is beautiful.  the beauty may not be staring you straight in the face but is there.

my life this last year has been full of non-stop transition.  i graduated college a year ago and started this exciting new journey.  i have been in a process of change ever since i graduated.  there have been rough portions of the journey but looking back on it, it’s been beautiful.

this spring has brought about all sorts of exciting new changes.  

kelly & zach had a beautiful wedding in oklahoma, filled with friends from reynosa, south texas, and england.  it was quite the celebration.

the wonderful adri roos moved here from england to join our team full-time (which now puts us at 4 people and provides me with a roommate!).  and we’ve moved into a new apartment here in reynosa.

and just recently adri, myself, and our good friend sarah had the wonderful opportunity to help a good friend from boystown move back home to her family.  she had been in boystown for about 10 years and decided it was time to go home and be with them.

and we got to be there with her in the start of this transition.  her sisters, mother, son, nephews & nieces all welcomed us with incredibly open arms.  they fed us, they found a place for us to stay, they showed us the city, took us to the beach.  they showered us with genuine hospitality.  it was such a precious time, spending those last couple of days with our friend and her son...talking to her about what she was leaving behind, and most importantly, what she was looking forward to; what hopes she has for the future.

as we got ready to leave, my friend told me that she is sad that she won’t see us much anymore but she is very happy to be with her family in tampico.  there is a part of her that comes alive when she is with them.

as we got on the bus to come back to reynosa, all of the conversations i’d had with my friend these last few months were flashing through my mind.  i remember all of the shopping we did together for kelly’s shower (which went really well, by they way!) and how our friendship began to grow.  i remember the tearful conversations about missing her family and wanting to be with her son.  i remember her going to the church downtown one day because she wanted to spend some time in prayer.  i remember her telling me, “i love jesus. i know him and have him in my heart”.  i remember praying with her for peace and for guidance.  i remember the joy in her eyes as she told me she had decided to leave boystown.  

and as i thought back on these things, i realized just what a beautiful process it’s been.  she has stepped out into the unknown and is changing her life.  i know this transition won’t necessarily be an easy one...there will be bumps in the road and at times, i’m sure boystown will try to call her back to its walls.  but my prayer is that she will continue to be changed.  that she will continue forward in this process.  i pray that not only will it be a change in lifestyle but it will be a change of heart.  that she will allow Jesus to work deeply in her.

because transition is a beautiful process.