I’m back!!! Yes its true I survived the 11 month crazy adventure where God
asked my to leave everything and follow Him around the world. I can’t even begin
to tell you how amazing this past year has been. My world got totally rocked, turned
upside down and spun in a whirlwind but brought back together so gracefully. I’ve
gotten to see and feel things that I would love to experience again, and others that
I never want to go back to. I’ve tasted my fair share of random food and gotten to
love on so so many wonderful people that the Lord put into my life.
It’s crazy how quickly transition comes, how fast life moves, how fast these
11 months flew by. After Africa I found myself getting so caught up in what was
coming next. I became so comfortable in this new traveling the world lifestyle and
fear starting to take over my world. I didn’t want this adventure, this place where I
finally felt like I fit in, to end. I was afraid that I didn’t have a plan for what was next
because this race is the biggest thing I’ve ever done in my life. How am I supposed to top it? How can I possible do something better then this next? I was operating out
a place of being consumed with the future and was forgetting that my race wasn’t
over yet. I was forgetting to keep my heart where my feet where. I was selfish and
needy, pushing those around me aside rather than embracing them. Soon I put two
and two together and started working towards loving in the present better. I didn’t
blog the last four months as a result of this. I wanted to really refocus and embrace
the last leg of this journey rather then continue to be consumed by the future. I’m so
sorry that you, my supporters, were neglected in this process. I truly am grateful for
your support and prayers this past year and wanted to share a thank you from each
month. As well as tell you how your support directly affected my race and my new
friends and family around the globe.
Blagodarya/ Thank you from Bulgaria: Your support help ready a home for abused
women and children. They can now come and seek healing and counsel in a safe
place.
Multumesc/Thank you from Romania: Your support bought food and health
supplies for members of a Gypsie village.
Sukriya/ Thank you from India: Your support let orphans who have polio get life
changing surgery, receiving new legs. Your prayers and love were especially felt
before and after the procedures while these little kids got to have someone to sit
with and take their minds off the fear of what was happening.
Dhanybhad/ Thank you from Nepal: Your support let the good news of Jesus be
heard to all the surrounding villages who had never heard His name before.
Asante/ Thank you from Kenya: Your support this month let us visit an orphanage
where we set up kids programs. Singing songs, teaching bible stories and verses and
loving on the little nuggets.
Murakoze/ Thank you form Rwanda: Your support this month let us preach in a
village church and bless and encourage our pastor’s family as well as members of
the church.
Weebale/ Thank you from Uganda: Your support this month bought school supplies
for an entire grade school as well as taught them English.
Kob Kun Kaa/ Thank you from Thailand: Your support this month let us pay the
bar fine for our lady boy friends, getting them out of a night of work in the red light
district.
Terima Kasih/Thank you from Malaysia: Your support this month let us teach
English to indian school children and do kids programs with them everyday.
Aw Khun/ Thank you from Cambodia: Your support let village kids have a safe place
to come and play while hearing about Jesus. They also got to partake in free English
classes everyday.
Dhan’yavadalu/ Thank you from Philippines: Your support let a house of orphans
get a month full of love. It also let a boy with cerebral palsy get one-on-one therapy
to help him learn to walk.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU,THANK YOU!!!!!!
