Feeling Blessed

So, it has been an extremely LONG time since I updated this and that will be something that I work on I PROMISE! I feel as if I can say I have VERY good reason as to why I haven't done this in so long. In all honesty I have been completely submerged in doing other things!!! I have been here for 13 months now and I have spent a lot of time in the last 2 months evaluating where I am, what I did over the last year, and what I feel I need to change. I have gone through some amazing times of growing and the awesome fact is that I can recognize the areas in my life that I have matured in. I have completely been blessed in MANY ways in these last few months. I have been feeling as if I am not doing enough in this community, not seeing the importance of the little things I do that I feel has nothing to do with bringing people closer to God. WHICH I THINK IS MY JOB and by not being around people I can't do that!!! We have gone through quite a rough time here at the base now down to only 4 people the responsibility of keeping the base property kept looking nice has become a bigger than normal chore. I have however learned to be content with my days as the Lord gives them to me. Having to get on my knees and pray every morning asking to be guided in knowing that all I do I am doing for God's Glory and my attitude must be the same in mowing the lawn as it is in serving the community. One activity isn't any more holy than another. It is all service to God and all that really matters is where my heart is when I'm doing the duty. If I am praising him and satisfied with my activity that is AWESOME, but if I'm constantly pointing out the negative and never even coming close to even acknowledging His goodness in my life and being completely ME FOCUSED, I am not living in fellowship with him like I was designed to do. I have become greatly blessed by many people here. I am attending 2 bible studies a week, now helping in a weekly youth group, helping in children's church which has created a desire to attend another EARLY church service on Sunday so I can hear a sermon each week. SO I have within the last week started attending another church as well as my original one! I feel this is a busy action packed schedule but it is why I am here. I'm not here to just sit back and chill. I am here to show people what God has done in my life and how I am changed and direct their attention to Him. I am confident that I am where God wants me and I am continually grasping his heart for this place. I may be on a tropical island in the Caribbean but that is only on the surface. Some of the challenges that I'm faced with here I've never experienced anywhere else. It often feels as if I'm in a foreign country and not a part of the US. The people here are hurting and the children are suffering. God has planted me here to impact this island for him and to use me to reach these people. THE YOUTH OF THIS ISLAND ARE BEING USED AND I'M SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM AND HELP GUIDE THEM IN THE PATH GOD HAS SET BEFORE THEM! It is through the Youth that St. Croix will be reached and that is where I have seen God leading me to a greater understanding of.