Hey!!! I know it’s been forever since I posted anything…I really haven’t been in the writing mood…until now! The past month has been one of work, friends, prayer, Christmas parties, and lots more (including trying to chill…emphasis on trying!). I have a huge message for all of my friends and family out there…
THANK YOU!!!!
Your prayers and support have been incredible and God has been blessing me in so many ways. As of today I am over 90% funded for the entire year!!! My prayer from day 1 was that I would be fully funded before we leave in January and there is a VERY good chance God will answer that prayer. What that does is allow me to give 100% of my mind, heart and energy to my team and the people we will get to minister to…no worrying about whether or not I will be able to stay out in the field. Since MUCH has been given to me, I feel MUCH is expected and I know God expects me to be a good steward of all of your generous donations.
Right now I’m getting prepared to head out…I leave Waco on Wednesday to go hang out with my family for about a week and a half. I’ve been really excited for a long time, but now it’s really starting to sink in that I won’t see certain people that I’ve spent so much time with for a year! It was really difficult to say goodbye to all my athletes that I’ve worked with for the past 5 years…to all my Baylor people, I LOVE YA’LL SO MUCH!!!!
God has really taught me a lot about this love thing in the past couple of months. Growing up the only person I would ever say “I love you” to was my mom…I felt like it was a special phrase/feeling for a special bond that we had. For the longest time I thought I was just cold-hearted, that I wasn’t able to love all people. Over the past couple of years God has been working on my heart and softening it up a bit…and when I went to Kenya in May, God opened my heart with His mighty force. I’ve never felt love the way I feel love now. I’ve never been comfortable telling people I love them the way I feel comfortable now. I never knew how to love God the way I can love Him now…not because of all the amazing things He’s doing in my life, but because I know that He is my father and that He is in control and only wants good for me, even when things aren’t necessarily “good” in my eyes. There have been several times in the last few months where God has shown up in a way that only He could…I think God has been teaching me these things and showing me His awesome power to keep my heart prepared for the journey we are about to embark on and confirm that I am exactly where He wants me to be. In my eyes this is God’s way of reminding me that He will work everything out and I don’t have to worry about anything…I just continue to pray and keep my eyes on God and TRUST HIM!!!
I really can’t wait to share the next 11 months with all of you so you can see exactly where God takes us and how we all grow. It will be amazing, intense, powerful and so much fun and I pray that ya’ll see God and the world in an incredibly beautiful/different way.
