Barbados!!

I am so happy that I was able to go to Barbados. I believe that it changed me in a lot of ways and I learned so much.

A big thing for me was coming out of my shell. I am a very shy person and it usually takes me a very long time to warm up to people, but when I got there that seemed to just disappear! I was able to do things that I sometimes could not do here. Like going up to people and talking to them about God, which normally I would have a problem doing. So being able to break through that and being confident in doing it is amazing.

Also I became more thankful. Not saying that I wasn't before, but being somewhere that doesn't have as much as we do and seeing them happy with what they had, made me thankful for what I have at home. I am really thankful for my friends, my family and my wonderful church that has helped me become a great person and has cared so much for me. I'm also really, really thankful that there isn't a chefette in Calgary!!!

One of the biggest things that going to Barbados helped me with is letting go of my pride. On the last night we were there, it was Sunday night service and in the middle of worship the lights went out. I was scared at first but when I heard the people in the church still singing I did the same and lost myself in God. I didn't care about what anyone thought. I didn't care who could see me, because no one could see me, but I gave all of myself to God and can honestly say I have never felt Him as strong as I did that night. I couldn't believe it, I was missing out on so much because of my pride because I cared about what other people thought. Something like that will never again get in the way of me and God.

So thank you to everyone who made this trip possible it means so much to me.