A little over a week ago I posted a blog called “Slamming face first into the ‘WorldRace Wall'”.
This is the story of Kailee, who asked Jesus into her life after reading it.
When I left for the WorldRace, I thought I was leaving to tell people in foreign countries about Jesus. I thought I was going to feed the hungry, play with some kids, go on some adventures, and preach in some village churches. Now granted, I am doing all of those things, but God is doing things behind the scenes back home that I never would’ve guessed. Things that I’m incapable of doing.
Kailee and I went to high school together, and as far as I remember we only had 1 class together in the 11th grade. So her and I haven’t talked in about 6 years. I remember sitting across from her talking about religion often, because I was a Christian and she was Wiccan.
I remember her wearing the wiccan necklace and sharing about spells and things, and I attempted to share Jesus with every living human at that time, so I tried to convince her that her religion was wrong, and mine was right. ( Terrible approach…Wouldn’t suggest that now…)
After high school Kailee and I began living very different lives. I moved to NY after graduation and she stayed in Oregon, and we didn’t talk again until this week. After high school she was feeling depressed, lost, confused, and started questioning her Wiccan faith. She started a job as a stripper, and realized that she had hid rock bottom with no way out. This started a journey for her, searching for the Truth, but she was unsure of where to find it.
At the same time she was searching for the Truth, I was sitting in Africa wishing away the WorldRace. God had been telling me to write a blog about how I was learning to rely on Him more, but I wasn’t really fond of the idea. I finally did though, and Kailee read it. She read it over and over, trying to understand this Jesus that I was talking so much about. Finally something clicked her in heart, and this is what she says happened:
“I’ve been battling depression, almost committed suicide recently and I just knew I couldn’t keep on this way, something had to change. I kept reading your blog about how you were out of your own strength and needed Christ. I kept thinking I could handle things and it just hasn’t been working. So I gave myself to Him and I just felt this sigh, like all this weight had been lifted. My depression stopped. I don’t feel that deep bitterness I had been harboring in my heart for so long, I felt like I had the strength and guidance to change my life for the better. And I want everyone to know that He is there for them if they’ll just let Him be.”
I don’t need to explain her story any further, because she said everything in that message. Jesus is the only one who can lift us up from rock bottom.
She also left this comment on my blog later:
“Thanks to your missionary work I was inspired to know Jesus, and I let him into my heart this week, I truly did. And I feel better than I’ve ever felt. Thank you Kelly, you changed my life.”
I would like to point out though, that even though it was my blog she read, I didn’t actually do anything. Jesus did. As Mother Theresa once said, “I’m just a little pencil being used by Mighty God, to write His love letter to the world.” When I wrote that blog, people getting saved was the furthest thing from my mind. I was tired of being a missionary, and wanted to give up! But God had bigger plans; He had plans of using my weakness to show His strength. And honestly, I would go through all that exhaustion again if it meant Kailee would come to know Jesus. She’s worth it. After all, that’s what I’m here for right? To use EVERY aspect of my being to share His love, even the parts that aren’t so pretty.
Kailee has already applied to Bible College in Oregon, and is planning to go on her first mission trip next year. God has radically changed her life in just one week! What can He do for you?
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