Here are just a few journal entries in the last few days.
0ctober 5
As I write this I have not even left the US yet. I’m sitting outside of Chicago airport where all the international flights are coming in. As I sit here and watch all the people groups and hear their languages I have to hold in my weeping. Truly God burns in my heart for the nations….
We hit South Korea up since we had a 15 hour layover. And took a train into Seoul Korea and just walked the streets for hours and up what seemed to be a mountain of stairs to get to a tower. Definitely the way to spend a layover!!!
October 8th 2016
I can’t even explain sitting at the breakfast table outside of our hotel in Cambodia this morning it was so surreal, the food was amazing and the people so kind…now we drive up the streets of Cambodia and my spirit grabs all the people. Truly I was born for this!! Our van driver Pye drove us three hours to our ministry hosts house. Which later to find out her husband was attending a conference at Victory Church in Tulsa Ok. And found out that Caleb- Billy Joe Daughtery’s son in law built this beautiful children’s home we are staying in. Both Victory and Joyce Meyer ministries support this ministry!!! How cool to be a part of their fruit!!
As we arrived to the home about 13 young boys all greeted us with huge warm smiles and excitement running up to the van. If you know me you can only imagine my heart melting because of my heart for young boys!!
October 9th
I must say culture shock hit me when we got to our room where we would sleep. There were a lot of cockroaches, rat poop and lizards!! And infested with ants. I’m not gonna lie that was rough!! I thought I got over my bug phobia at training camp. But I started to fear my night sleep. So I started to thank God for my tent!! And knew I would be ok tucked away in my tent and my sheet that my pastor prayed over!!
Cambodia has been in monsoon season where it just pours raining. Everything is flooded and muddy. So we quickly had to adapt to the mud and dirt and everything being wet and gross. I just had to embrace the grossness.
We don’t have access to wifi at the house and it’s hard to get anywhere so I didn’t have the luxury of texting my Pastors in Oklahoma or my spiritual parents/previous pastors in New York to pray for me and draw on encouragement!! I had to practice what I preach and that is complete dependency on Him to comfort me, help me and strengthen me!! I knew I would need it!! That in the loneliest moment where you literally feel like there’s no where to turn–you remember Holy Spirit right there with you!! And you encourage yourself in the Lord, and ohhh He just rushes in like a flood of Peace and Joy like none other can give you as He just lavishes your soul in His Perfect Love!! He brings to remembrance all the scripture He had given you to sustain you in the time of tight, uncomfortable, circumstances and in the midst of it all you find contentment, and the tears begin to pour down my cheeks because of His goodness and love toward me that wrecks me in His Presence!!
October 10
Today has be amazing in His Presence I got over the hump of culture shock and ran the streets of Cambodia waving and saying hi and releasing the blessing to all the people in passing. They are so friendly and so inviting. Looking forward to connecting more as we settle here.
Tomorrow we start ministry after our couple days getting rested and settled in and of course embracing the culture shock..haha.
Will post next week after our first week of ministry! Continue to speak God’s grace and peace over me!!
Thank you for your prayers and support!!!
