I was thinking to myself this morning about how I have been blog selfish! I have been hogging all the space and airtime for my blog!! If you know me you know how I love my Aaron!
Over the past three weeks I have watched Aaron grow and learn so much, and it has been an awesome thing to watch. To see Aaron sit still and just breath in this moment and appreciate it for what it is, to watch his shower addiction slowly fade into the distance, to see him let go of the future for even just a moment to see the present is truly inspiring! I am so excited to see this transformation in his heart.
Before we left Raleigh...Aaron was so burnt out on work. He struggled with the direction his life was going, where he found passion, and really questioning what he was doing. Since we have been in Roatan his eyes and heart are opening slowly to a new understanding of life, comfort and the liberation of serving others. It is so easy to see service to others by working with children. It is so obvious to see service by providing food for someone that is hungry. My Aaron, he doesn't go for the obvious or the easy. (Unlike myself) My Aaron needs a challenge. We were approached by the pastor in the grocery store and he asked what we did back in the states. We told him and then he asked what our passions were. Unfortunately neither of us were to clear on the second question but that is a new can of worms for a new day. The pastor's eyes got big when he heard of Aaron's finance background. I was worried at first because I had seen Aaron retract from finance and lose the joy he once knew in it. We came home that night and I could see that his passion in finance was restored.
Since college he has known that he loves the concept of finance. It was a challenge and the information is so applicable to everyday life. Over the last while his appreciation for it is dwindled. There was no heart in what he was doing only head. When we first arrived he thought of how he could infuse financial knowledge into this community to help the members of the community move forward. Neither of us were very sure of what that would or could ever look like. The pastor reached out after meeting us once and challenged Aaron to find a way to create a basic financial literacy course for the members of the Church. He read a Dave Ramsey book and thought it would be a great program to carry out the mission of the church.
Since Aaron has accepted this challenge I have seen his appreciation for finance restored. He has found a way to use what he knows in his head and fuse it to what he feels in his heart! What a beautiful thing! Now we just have to figure out how to get people on board, and the materials to keep them there!
Oh yea! We are going to La Ceiba this weekend to go white water rafting, cliff diving (not me), and waterfall climbing! Fun right?
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