We have been in Malaysia now for about a week and loving it. We have been staying with the pastor of our church contact and they have beyond blessed us!!!!!!!!!! I can’t even begin to tell you the ways they have prepared for us and poured out provision for us! We led a youth conference is weekend, so we are exhausted but these youth were amazing. It also was a neat gift from the Lord for me because, even though it wasn’t the same, I was bummed to be missing Disciple Now at my church in Collierville this month so it was nice to be able to do something similar. And God has been dealing with me a lot about leadership and the giftings He has given me and so this weekend I got to step up and use some of them. I spoke in one session about my testimony and how I heard a speaker one time say “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.” (Matt Pitt @ UnAshamed) I remember at that time really being at a crossroads of deciding what influence I wanted to allow in my life. People who encourage me in my walk or friends that encourage me in the ways of the world. And I shared Ephesians 4:1-13; 16 about the body and how we are to build each other up. It was good. We did a skit that I’ve done before in Mexico. It was good, and I know that my team sowed seeds into the lives of those youth!Â
We leave for another city Tuesday for about a week and then around February 26 leave for China. For those who do not know, we will be off the radar for the safety of our contacts so please prayer warriors, keep prayers coming this next month. I don’t know anything, of course, for sure (first thing about the world race haha) but we might be working with children with special needs. Please pray for safety of travel, Gods favor with transitioning in and out of customs and security of China, and for the team overall. If not before, I will be blogging and facebooking when we hit Europe. After China weare on the “home stretch” with our final 3 months: Romania, ATL (ask the Lord, pray as a team and choose a country), and ending in Ukraine.Â
With that, I have one personal prayer request. Pray for focus here. As it closes in on the last half of the race it’s even harder not to look to the future and think about what life will look like when I het home. And yes, I want to be listening for if God speaks on anything, but more importantly I want to be present here, everyday, and end well. Each month end well. I know month 2 was super hard and I spent ALOT of time thinking of home and although I love being here now, I don’t want to look back and think I missed what could have been more because mentally I wasn’t present. Thank you!!!
Also, just found out that my grandfather passed away this weekend and it’s tough not being able to be there with my family so please keep us, especially them in your prayers! ThanksÂ
Blessings from Malaysia
