How I was Called to the Mission Field

 

 My story begins from the moment I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.  The Lord has always placed a desire in my heart for those that are lost or hurting.  My life experiences, though i’m not proud of them have made me into who I am today and the Lord has and continues to use my life to help others.  Everyday for me is a mission.  My family believes in Jesus but has not made a commitment to have Him lead their life so my daily walk is extremely important.  I love my family dearly and am blessed to have very loving parents but conversations have been difficult when it comes to what I believe so my actions tend to speak louder than words.  

 

In December of 2006 I was blessed to have gone to Atlanta Georgia to attend the Passion Conference where over 24,000 christian college students were praising and worshiping the Lord.  It was so wonderful to be around these people.  The worship was AMAZING.  At the conference the Lord placed on my heart the desire to reach the nations.   At the time I didn’t know where I was going or when I was going but I knew that I was going with my Heavenly Father.  Last December I was blessed with the opportunity to go to Jamaica to serve those who were affected by Hurrican Dean.  I spent a couple days scrubbing, cleaning, and painting a house that caught on fire after the hurricane came through.  In Jamaica their houses are made of cement so they do not burn down but the first time we walked into the house you could smell the smoke.  This family had been living in the house since August, that is not safe for anyone.  It was such a blessing to see how happy they were to have their house back.  I would do it all over again just for the tears and smiles!  However, when I got home from Jamaica the desire to serve the nations did not go away.  I didn’t know what I was going to do so I pushed those ideas to the back.

 

At the end of last school year my friend Bekah talked to me about the world race.  It was through her and her team that the Lord stirred the desire I had pushed away back up.  I often found myself praying for people I didn’t know and the people they were serving and many times crying for them.  After reading many blogs I decided to take the risk and apply.  It took me about a month to actually start the application process, but once I started it the process went smooth.  When I got an e-mail about my phone interview I got really excited.  The day of the interview I got really nervious but the Lord calmed my nerves and the interview process went really well!  When I receive my acceptance e-mail the following day I broke down crying!  I feel so blessed the the Lord would chose me to help expand his Kingdom!

 

 I’ll leave you with one of my favorite scriptureIsaiah 6:8, which says; Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”