I was driving back home from North Dallas yesterday and felt this gnawing in my stomach to "pull over." I gave it no second thought and kept driving.
"pull over"
nope…I know what this is about, and I don't want to.
"pull over"
A few days ago my squad received an email telling us that our route, along with 3 others, was way too full and so there was a new route created with new countries on it. They emailed us asking us to pray about switching to this new route as to alleviate the numbers and make each squad more manageable. I skimmed the e-mail, but really didn't read it because I was in LOVE with the route I was going on.
…fine….
So I pulled over. I felt the need to consider this new route, seriously consider it and cover it in prayer. I called my mom and some friends to ask them to join me in prayer over what I should do because switching sounded absurd to me.
Well… our God uses the absurd.
Mid-sentence in a conversation with my mobilizer talking about whether I should switch or not – I heard these words come out of my mouth: "it doesn't matter. It does not matter which countries I go to, as long as I am being obedient to His calling and being the hands and feet of Jesus to everyone I meet – here and wherever I end up traveling to."
After hanging up, one of my friends called me back and said these words, "Andrea, God doesn't care what countries you go to, He cares that you are being obedient to all that He's commanded you to and that you are being Jesus to people you meet."
Those two conversations, along with several affirmations swarming about in the two hours I was sitting in my car at a random Chick-fil-a, led me to step even further out in faith and join a route that didn't even exist a few days before.
SO…without further ado: I am now part of the "C" squad – still leaving in January, still raising the same amount of money, just traveling to different places!
I will now be going to: Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Albania, Bulgaria, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Thailand, Cambodia, and Malaysia.
I have no idea what the Lord has in store for me and that excites me beyond comprehension.
"You've only just begun to show Your greatness and power…" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhAIqIoQ4sQ
Thank you to everyone praying over me and for this journey. I feel your prayers and unbeknownst to all of us- they helped make a decision that I didn't even know was an option at the beginning of this journey.
