I’ve been thinking a lot about the steps I took to reach this point in my life…or more importantly the trials that God guided me through and the triumphs I experienced with His love.
About a year ago from right now, I was preparing to graduate from college and in the process of trying to figure out where I was to go after school. Originally, I planned to graduate and go on to veterinary school, but I know this was not God’s plan for me. I prayed and I ended up getting accepted into an internship with Campus Crusade to do student ministry for a year in Long Beach, CA. I was truly excited and looking forward to this…yet I still had to raise an income that seemed impossible to me. So I set out and began to raise support. I struggled along the way but I prayed for God to show me if this was really where He wanted me. And I came to find out that God needed me for something bigger. You see, I didn’t end up raising enough money and I moved back with my parents who live in Idaho. In November of 2009 I saw God’s purpose in me being with family. The hardest and most painful thing I’ve experienced came in November on my 23rd birthday. My 2 month old baby niece suddenly passed away from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and it rocked my world. Through the tragedy, I came to realize that God was using me to be a comfort for my sister and my family in the loss. We came together and God used me in big ways. Even though, this world is not always pretty I have seen how God can use tragedy for beauty. I’ve seen my sister draw closer to God and look to Him for comfort.
God showed me the World Race through my friend Jasmin and I started researching what it was all about. It was amazing to me how so many people would abandon the comforts of their lives and serve God in such a big way. And I wanted to be a part of it! So here I am…being restored and preparing my heart, soul, and mind to reach out to others who are suffering across the world and share with them God’s love through the pain… how He brings peace, joy, and healing.
I am still amazed that God is allowing me to be apart of something so HUGE! But I can’t wait!
“HE RESTORES THE CRUSHED SPIRIT OF THE HUMBLE AND REVIVES THE COURAGE OF THOSE WITH REPENTANT HEARTS.” ISAIAH 57:15
