For the past 8 months I have been sitting at a desk in an office going stir crazy. Have I learned alot?…Yes. The Lord has shown up in many ways teaching me skills that are hard for me to sit through. Professional skills that I know I need, but make me feel like i'm back in school, therefore I automatically want to run the other direction. My brain does not operate in spread sheets, logistics, or making plans. I am more of a get out of bed and go on a whim type person. Sometimes priding myself on never having a back up plan. Although I would love to live this way, my job literally cannot function in this manner. There must always be a plan and a deadline for anything to get done. And all this planning is making me a crazy person lately. However there is hope, and that hope is summer time. And summer time means TRIPS!!!
I'm so excited to share with you all that I will be leading middle school and high school aged students on trips all summer with Adventures.
In June I will be taking a group of 50 students back to Dallas to continue the work we have already started in the homeless and refugee communities I am so excited to go back to south Dallas and see how far my new friends have come since I was there a couple of months ago. So excited to continue relationships bringing more love and more Jesus into a busy city. A city full of money and materialsim and lacking in living out the gospel of Christ.
Also in June I will be headed to Jamaica. Ahh my heart has a special place for Jamaica and the island people there. Jamaica is where I did my first mission trip and the first time I really heard the Lord's voice in my life. I CANNOT wait to get back and love on those little rastafarian nuggets. Plus how cool is the Lord that he would send me to lead a team and experience Him for the first time right where I first encountered Him. Gah, the man is good! Everything about island living I absolutley love. There is no plan, no hurry, just people simply hanging out and living life together. When you add Jesus to that mix, it is too much for my heart to handle. It makes me want to be there right now, sipping on a bag juice and enjoying the warm sunshine.
Finally the entire month of July I will be leading a team of high schoolers to Cork, Ireland!! Serioulsy you guys, I piddled (peed a little) when I found out. For me Ireland is this far off dream land that you only see in movies like P.S. I Love You. But now it is my reality and I can hardly wait. The Lord is already speaking to me about my time in Ireland and some really awesome things are starting to shape up for the month. Check out our contact Frank and Bekah's blog and get a glimpse of what our team will be doing while working with them. http://www.aheartforthenations.com/ireland/
So if you couldnt already tell I am just beyond ecstatic for where the Lord is leading me this summer. And of course I want to share it with all of you. I will not only be taking my back pack with me on these travels but will be taking you guys with me as well. You have truely been such a vital part of this journey. This summer the Burmese refugee girls, the rastafarian nuggets, and the Irish teens would not be helped, cared for or loved without your help. Thank you times a million for continuly supporting and believeing in me. But thank you even more for loving on so many people around the world. You are chainging their lives by letting me go and share the gospel of Jesus with them.
Will you continue to cover my travels and trips in prayer? Praying for God's sweet people that we will encounter as well as the students that I'm taking to serve and have their lives changed. Will you consider supporting me financially so all these prayers can become tangible works of God's love?
Missing you from down South,
SAV
