Hello All,
Sorry it’s been a little while.
It is country change again. I can’t believe it. Time is going
by so fast and God is teaching me so many things.
This month I wanted to be super
vulnerable with my team. I’m learning
that perfection is my enemy and that in my weakness He has strength. Boy oh boy did God create opportunities for
that to come true. Tears came, weakness
came, frustration, anger, happiness, joy, sadness but through it all God
prevailed, His love conquered and His strength prevails and all the glory goes
to Him. 
I am learning to stand firm and be confident in my
discernment even when it looks like no one else agrees with me. This has definitely been something new
because normally people tend to agree with things I say. Jesus wasn’t loved by the world and he didn’t
promise that we would be, in fact he said that the world would hate me. Moments when I feel like everything I am
saying is being taken wrong, I cant say anything right and I am so frustrated I
am reminded to stand firm in the truth He gives me and that lives inside
me. I am seeing the importance more and
more each day to stay focused on Him. I
want to be so focused on Him that all I see is Him, that everything else around
me is a blur compared to His clarity.
When we
were in Peru we learned the lifehouse everything skit, if you have never
watched it you should Google it right now. This month the importance and urgency of running to Him with all that I
have really hit home. In the skit at the
end I was being beat up, everyone is pounding on me and it appears as thought I
am going to be beaten down. Once I fix
my eyes on Him its like BOOM here I come, I am going to rush towards you with
everything that I have and nothing is going to stop me. There is urgency, it is a fight, once I lock
eyes with Him, he is all I can see and I want Him, I want Him so bad and my
life depends on it. I want to fight and
to run towards Him with that since of urgency every single day. I want to run the race with
perseverance. I want to run towards Him
like everything in the world is trying to stop me but I am not going to let
them.
This has
been an amazing ministry month; I have loved working with all our different
ministries and so blessed to have the opportunity to see God move in this
amazing place. It is such a healthy
city, Gods spirit is here, he is moving and conquering any darkness that try’s
to stifle His light. 
Funny
story. We were at our contacts property
out in the country this past weekend. They have monkeys! They have pet monkeys in this huge cage that holds a
huge 30ish ft. tall tree and other lovely things that make that cage
homely. Of course I had to go in there
to pet the monkeys because I love monkeys and they are so cute. As I was leaving (the door to exit is rather
short), and as I was leaving I hit my head and fell backward onto the
ground. I felt completely fine… until 5
hours later. That is when the vomiting
began and didn’t end for an hour and a half. I through up over 20 times in that short amount of time, thus putting my
body into shock. I was on the floor
sweating like a shower faucet was over my head, crying, vomiting, shaking,
shivering, my body was so confused I didn’t know what to do and there was
nothing I could do. They drove me as
fast as they could to the hospital where I got to ride in a ambulance (never
have I ever) and I got sweet pictures of my brain. My family was amazing; they sat in the
waiting room of the hospital for over 6 hours, anxiously awaiting the
results. I just had a bad
concussion. They were so sweet and
looked after me, making sure I was ok and taken care of. The vomiting was so severe that the next day
my chest, lungs and back felt like trucks were sitting on me and it was so painful
to breathe and laugh. I am feeling much
better now and I can laugh about the fact that I got my first concussion in a
monkey cage.
God is so
amazing and always moving. Continue to
see him and seek him and pursue Him even in the little things!
Love you all
Ps. Headed to La Paz
today, leaving for ALBANIA the 12th! 4th month here we come! EASTERN EUROPE!
