Living Sacrifices

As I start this blog, I am trying to figure out what to share with all of you...  My funny moments, my prayers, the people I meet...  And while I could probably discuss several little "life" lessons that I have learned through my own accidents already (such as having to be picked up by several bystanders because I put too much in my hiking backpack, finding out that there IS a difference between voltage converters and adapters, and flooding the bathroom in my first attempt to take a shower).  But I will save these and expound on them later. ;) 

Right now, I want to tell you about my Amtli (work duty).  Every day during the week, each student has a two hour job or service to perform, and mine is to help with the dinner preparation.  I work with a few other students and an incredible older Swiss woman from the area.  The duties are not difficult (with the exception of the fact that we have to be creative and find out new ways to package leftovers every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), but what I never expected is that I would already have been touched by my time here.  What struck me is that the woman who runs the kitchen gathers all of us together prior to starting our job and prays with us.  This woman, though we have a language barrier, is an INCREDIBLE representation of what it means to honor the Lord in the day-to-day moments, something that I have admittedly struggled with.  She genuinely sees her work as service to God and considers the students and staff that will be eating this.  She is patient in spite of having to re-teach students every few months, and she is joyful in her work.  It is so obvious to me that she lives daily as a sacrifice to God... I desire to be like her and to learn to bring God glory in the little moments of my life...  I am learning that this is what life is anyways.  Regardless of differing locations, differing contexts and cultures, life is day-to-day.  I want to be a living sacrifice as well, offering my body, my mind, and my will to the Lord.  He is worthy of all of these things!