As many of you know, i have been on a 9 month missions trip for the past 7 months. I originally was supposed to be coming home on June 29th. From the beginning of the race, i had a mindset that i would be gone traveling for 9 months and be home just in time for the summer. I would spend the two months getting a job, applying for school, ect… but that wasn’t gods plan for me at all.
All through out Malawi the lord kept putting Camp on my heart. 3 years ago i did JLT and SLT out in Manitoba for 2 summers. And when i left that last summer i thought it was the end. I didn’t know if i would ever have the opportunity to go back. But now i do. The lord kept putting the idea in my head, directing me to Camps with meanings website and kept telling me that he had a lot in store for me there. He told me ” Just apply…And you’ll see.” but i thought it was crazy…iv already been away from home for 9 months, going to camp means that not only do i miss my entire summer at home, i also wont get to see my family or friends for a total for 11 months…that crazy! And on top of that, i was in Africa where wifi is next to impossible to find, i have no way of getting a criminal record check done (which is VERY important for working at camp since we will be working with underage kids) and i wasn’t even sure if i would have the energy to be able to serve at camp as a senior counselor after spending 9 months of doing essentially just that. Long story short, i had so many doubts, so many reasons why what he was asking me to do wouldn’t work….and so many reasons why what i had planned for my summer was so much better.
But i sit here today, writing this blog to tell you all that GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME. If its his will, then their is always a way. I found wifi to send in the application, They have accepted me without a criminal record check(ill bring one with me to camp), i will be getting off the missions field just in time to get to camp for training, and the lord has told and showed me that Guatemala is a season of rest. A place to be overflowed by his love, and totally rejuvenated with energy. Last night he spoke and he said ” I told you that this season would be a time of rest, but didn’t tell you why. and now i tell you, This is a season of rest so that you may fully dig into me, be filled up with my ever flowing love, and be ready to pour out into those in your next season…its a time of rest so that you may be ready to fully receive and give what i need you to and be prepared to disciple and be my witness at camp. Through me, you have strength to move mountains. Go and do as i say.”
So there it is…i have two more months added to my race, because my race isn’t defined by the organization im with, or the gap year im on. My race is my life, continually listing and following his voice even when its hard, or i dont want to follow because it wasn’t my ideal plan, or i simply just dont believe its a possible thing. We say believe in a god of miracles, a god who is capable of doing anything…and yet we doubt him as soon as he speaks something that goes beyond what our minds can comprehend or something that doesn’t agree with what our plans are. But im here to tell you that OUR GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME, AND ALL THE TIME OUR GOD IS GOOD…AND I AM A LIVING WITNESS. Anything is capable with him. If he has called you, trust him. Sometimes it means leaving your friends, sometimes it means being in extremely uncomfortable situations. It means putting everything down to following him. I cant tell you its easy, or everything will always be peachy and perfect but i can promise you one thing, his plan is far better than anything you have planed. He will follow through with his promises and he will equipped you with everything you need to get the job done. Listening is good…but following through is the true test.
So as i finish off this season, and enter into a new season of unknown. Id really love if you all would continue to keep me in your prayers. That the doubts and fears i have and the lies the devil tries to feed me would not get in the way. That i would take on this challenge and this call with open arms, and get myself ready to receive whatever he has planned for me at camp this summer.
I love you guys so much, and i dont take for granted the prayers and support you continually show me through out my life.
See you all in September 
