"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him; the greatest adventure; to find him; the greatest human achievement." -St. Augustine
As I prepare to embark on this one-year adventure to serve as a missionary in Ecuador, I carry these words of St. Augustine in my heart. It is with much eagerness that I await my departure, that soon I may be reunited with the children and missionaries of Santa Maria del Fiat, a Catholic foundation in the Southern Peninsula of Ecuador. I am ready for the challenge of offering my services of psychological counseling to the children who have been abandoned, neglected and abused. I am eager to begin working with families using the Catholic Family Apostolate, so that the sad situations many of these kids come from may be prevented in the first place.
Most of all, I am ready to love and to be loved. And this is the greatest adventure...not what I will do, but who I will encounter and how they will encounter God dwelling within me. No matter where life may take me, whether it's Ecuador or my own home town...there is an adventure awaiting me. This is the adventure of a lifetime that St. Augustine speaks of...to seek God, to know him, to be hopelessly in love with Him. Let us all begin!
