I praise Jesus today for allowing me the amazing opportunity to go on the World Race. Last nightI found myself really missing the Race. Not just my team, or the cool things we got to do, but the new friends I made in each country. I miss the smells of each place. I miss the feel of the crisp air in the mornings in Kenya. I miss the heaviness of the humidity of India. I miss the smiles of the babies in the Philippines. I miss playground days with my children in Malaysia. I miss attempting to preach in Spanish in Panama. I miss just “letting the Holy Spirit lead” everyday and all that it entails.
It would have been really easy for me to get lost in that place.
To just sit in the sadness that
I am no longer traveling to a new country each month,
with all of my belongings in a backpack,
so I must no longer be a racer…
I woke up this morning
and DECLARED that I am STILL
a WORLD RACER!
I still have the Holy Spirit inside of me.
I can still advocate for the widows and orphans.
I can still do good and seek justice.
I can heal the sick and raise the dead here in my home now.
Resurrection’s in my veins.
I can live that kind of life here at home. I refuse for that year to just be “a great year of my life” that I will look back on and smile. That experience will forever change how I live, how I love. I won’t let the work God did in my heart be in vain, but rather let those feelings and emotions move me to action, to seek that justice for those who cannot seek it for themselves. I am called to more…
So what am I doing next?
I will now be working for Adventures in Missions as a member in their new leadership development department. I will support a variety of world outreach projects though leadership development, project management and mobilization. I could not be more excited about where He is leading me right now, and how He is so graciously and miraculously setting everything up for me in this new adventure.
Here is where you come in: This new season requires support from you. I am in need of much prayer and encouragement as I step out in faith here. I am also in need of financial funds so that I may live and work in this position. I will be pouring into leaders and working on projects to further the Lord’s Kingdom. As Louie Giglio puts it, I will be a “door holder” for others to experience God’s love on the missions field. Those brave leaders out there need love and encouragement themselves so that they may continue to be the hands and feet of Christ in these 3rd world countries. I will now have the priviledge of doing so from an office in Gainesville, Georgia.
Ways to donate:
1. Mail a check to
payable to Adventures in Missions with my name as staff in the memo line and send it to
Adventures in Missions
PO Box 534470
Atlanta, Georgia 30353-4470
2. Donate online by clicking the SUPPORT ME link to the left of this blog
3. Become a monthly supporter of $10, $25, $50 or $100 for the next 12 months (either online or by snail mail)
4. Invite me to speak at your Church, small group, sunday school, etc.
5. PRAY FOR ME
Please prayerfully consider partnering
with me in this new adventure!
I know you won’t regret it…