Greetings!
We had team changes this last month. My new team was chosen to do “Ask The Lord” this month, which means that we did not have an assigned ministry but were supposed to find new ministry hosts for World Race teams in Thailand. We stayed the first week in Bangkok and then my team split up. I went south to Phuket with two other teammates and the rest of my team stayed in Bangkok.
I grew in my relationship with God so much this month. Because we had ATL we really had to trust God to lead us to new contacts. I saw God work so many times, leading us to the right place to the right contacts. I feel truly blessed to have met all of the wonderful pastors and missionaries this month. I was also really challenged to do things I knew I could not do without God’s help.
I gave my testimony many times this month. This is one that I gave often and told over the Thai radio!
I am learning a lot about the joy of the Lord and what it means to be filled with joy. Anybody can be happy, when things go their way or when they are having a good day. To have true joy means that in any circumstance you are happy. Let me tell you a little about me. I was not a joyful person most of my life. In fact I think it was in this last year that I found my joy in the Lord, which is sad because my middle name is joy. I was a happy person I loved my life and my work, but I would get angry with the injustices I saw in the world and in my work place. I had so much control over my life. There was no room for God to use me. I started to realize that I was missing something in my life. I was a Christian I loved God but I was not filled with joy. I was impatient and angered easily. I thought that I did not like people. I did not want to be that way. I wanted to live the way Christ lived. I started praying to be filled with Joy. That I would be joyful in all circumstances. As I started praying for joy I started thinking about going on a mission trip, to serve God, which I thought was silly of me, but as I prayed more and more for Joy I felt God telling me to step out and go. When I finally committed to going I felt such joy and peace about it. Now the simplest things fill me with joy. I love God and I love people! I am growing in Christ because I am dying to myself. If you want to be filled with joy, feel God’s presence in the hardest of circumstances ask God for it. Listen to God, step out so God can use you and when you are used by God you will be filled with Joy! I accepted the challenge of growing closer to God, will you?
I am in South Africa this month with my team. We are keeping very busy. I will write a blog soon on what we are doing here and how God is using us!
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Thanks & God Bless!
