“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Well it’s taking me months to post this blog and I’m finally coming up with the courage to do it. I became a believer around five years old and my grandmother brought me to the Lord. I still remember the day very clearly in my yellow room that I use to share with my sister in Whittier California. She was a huge believer and a major role model in my life and has encouraged and been a huge supporter in my life in every possible way. When I found out that my grandmother was sick (cancer in the bones and beginner’s Alzheimer’s) I could not believe it. I guess you always think that the best people in your life will be around forever that’s what we hope for anyway right? The more and more I came to visit my grandmother I realized that she was changing so much on the outside and getting sicker, but her heart for the Lord never changed.
When God called me to this trip I struggled with the idea of leaving her and sat up praying some nights just asking God to help me in this situation. The idea of having me be over seas and me not able to say good bye was the hardest things for me. I had to leave 6/18/08 on a small mission’s trip to Tanzania and my grandmother became extremely ill and the doctor gave her only a few months to live and recommended the family to get in touch with hospice. The last few nights with my grandmother were so precious to me and what God was doing. He was ready for his bride to come home and I was ready for my grandmother to go home to be with our King. My grandmother passed on 6/13/08 right before my first Africa trip. I still remember that day very clear and driving over to my grandparent’s house to be with the family and on the way there I just sobbed and talked to the Lord in my car. My car is where I always go to meet Him every day. He always talks to me in my car. He just let me grieve and cry on Him and He brought it to my attention that my grandmother would be able to be apart of this wonderful journey that I’m going on in June and in October that she would get to see all the wonderful things that He is going to do. I was sad that she was gone but the Lord gave me peace. I am so thankful that my grandmother was the one he brought me to the Lord and I’m so glad that she got to know my heart for Him before she passed.
