Where do I even start? I'm not sure I can even begin to describe to you whats been going on here and how evident God's powerful presence is at this camp. Disconnected from everyone and everything at home I have never been more present in my life.
The past week I have experienced excitement, hunger, brokenness, laughter, frustration, exhaustion, and my favorite freedom.
Faced with the reality that this is real. This journey is real. Chaos is real. Human trafficking… Is real. My heart breaks. It's breaking for the people I don't even know yet. Those who no longer have a voice. The people who put their trust in someone to try to find a way out, to try to find hope, and what they find is deception. Faced with the reality that there is more going on besides this life of abundance that I know. There are families out there who are desperate to find freedom. What is heart wrenching is how selfless these people are. A father is willing to put his children in the hands of a stranger because that stranger promised hope. Waiting and waiting to hear what he thought would be good news of a better life for his loved ones yet what he finds is nothing but devastation. They are gone forever… That's just a glimpse of human trafficking.
And so, I go…. I go into the nations. Knowing I can't change the entire world but what I can do is make a difference. If only in the life of one person that to me will be a success. So I beg, God use me! Use me to be the voice. The voice you want me to be. The voice that speaks life into those who are hopeless. To speak freedom to those who believe there is never going to be a way out. I thank you, God for choosing me.
Grateful to be apart of an organization that is so anointed and so Spirit led I feel unworthy. Right now I want to just call everyone I know and tell them to sign up for this journey. If my life has been changed just from the past 8 days here oh my gosh I can't even imagine what 11 months in 11 countries will do!
As I write this my prayer is for you. You who are reading this. You can make a difference. There are countries out there who need us. I'm not even there yet and my heart is burning for them. Praying for you to invest time in prayer. Pray for the orphans in Uganda, pray for sex slaves in Thailand, pray for the hungry in Cambodia, and even more pray for this amazing organization that is making a difference in those countries.
Training camp is now over and my six teammates and I will have a little over a month to say our goodbyes and be off to Romania for month one. We need you! We need your encouragement, support, and prayers. Our prayer is that every country we show up in lives will never be the same. So, my question is will you join us? Join us not just in bringing the good news but being the good news. It's possible that you may be the only Jesus someone see's today.
