One year ago today, I was boarding a plane that was headed off to the most incredible year of my life. I was so nervous that I couldn’t even eat the oatmeal I had bought in the airport cafeteria. I had absolutely no idea what the next year was going to look like or what on earth I was thinking. That’s just it though, I wasn’t thinking by worldly standards anymore. God had called me to break free from everything I knew and to follow Him to the ends of the earth. It was the most terrifying decision I have ever made and hands down the best decision I have made thus far.
I went into this year expecting to bring change to the world, but I think the world brought just as much change to me. Something happens when you get out of your comfort zone and decided to chase the Holy Spirit wherever He leads. Something breaks inside of you when you stare sex trafficking in the eye. Something shifts in you when you see families starving to death. Something wrecks you when you’re faced with injustice everywhere you go.
A fight wells up inside of you that you simply cannot contain anymore. You realize that there is so much more to this Christian life you’ve been living. The chains of legalism and fear start to break. You begin to see that you were blind to so much before. You develop a burden that is way bigger than yourself and your own problems. You realize that you have just had the privilege of seeing things that many people never will. You understand that the knowledge you’ve gained comes with great responsibility and has to be shared.
So here I am, One year later. A little older, a little less-healthy, a little bit plumper, and a lot different. I am now a confident woman of the Lord, no longer ruled by fear. No longer am I trying to conform my life to fit the western way of thinking or man’s judgment. No longer am I allowing hurt and past shame cling to me. No longer am I holding in the words God has called me to share with boldness and authority.
The direction of my life has completely shifted over the last year. I owe it to my God, K- Squad, my supporters, and the thousands of people that touched my heart this year. Things just don’t seem impossible to me anymore. I’m able to cast out the lies Satan tries to fill my head with, because I now know who I am in Christ. God used this year to set me free.
I now feel like some wild animal that has escaped from her cage…In more ways than one upon returning to America! 😉
I have plans to start my own non-profit organization and I’m taking the first step towards that in 1 week. I will, yet again, be serving in missions through the Center for Global Action. There I will be able to learn the business aspects of a non- profit, assist Adventures in Missions in sending out missionaries to the world, and lead trips through AIM.
“Missionary” isn’t a career or a season. Missionary is a lifestyle. It’s what Christ calls us all to be, whether that’s overseas or at your place of employment. We need to be lights to the nations and to our towns. We need to bring the Kingdom wherever we find ourselves each day, by actively choosing Christ in every decision we make. I promise it will change the atmosphere and people will notice.
As amazing as this year was, it’s only the beginning. Last year wasn’t the peak of my life or my walk with the Lord. It was just the start of something far greater than myself. As for the rest, well, it’s still unwritten…
For all of you who contributed to this last year in any way, the video at the bottom of this post is for you. It’s just a small glimpse of the faces you’ve touched this year and I pray they touch you too.
I AM STILL IN NEED OF $2,400 FOR THIS NEXT YEAR!.
JUST $300 A MONTH PROVIDES ME WITH EVERYTHING I NEED TO CONTINUE IN THE WORK GOD HAS CALLED ME TO. WOULD YOU PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER, ONCE AGAIN, PARTNERING WITH ME IN THIS MINISTRY? I COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT LITERALLY MEANS THE WORLD!
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