Recently, I have been reading Kisses from Katie and Undaunted. (Definitely recommend them!) But both books talked about a willingness to say yes to the Lord. That lesson had been mulling around in my mind for quite some time.
When my team and I traveled to Pacasmayo, Peru, we met Avis, a 70 year old woman from Arkansas (WHOOP!!) who said yes to the Lord about ten years ago. Her faith encouraged me so incredibly much. She said Yes to move to the town of Pacasmayo in Peru to start an orphanage and minister to the women in the area.
Wow. I was humbled. I was amazed. I was inspired. I wanted to say Yes to the Lord too. She moved to Peru with absolutely no language experience and at an older age, but was willing to trust the Lord completely. And the Lord has done so much through her.
Avis and my teammate Casey
After meeting Avis, I definitely wanted to say yes too, so that I wouldn’t miss out on the plans He has for me. I felt a strange desire to grow old with the Lord in a way I never really desired before, and I began to get excited for the big things the Lord has planned for my life. I started wanting to know the future and what I would do next. I never even really wanted to be a missionary, but now the Lord had got me thinking. Long term that is.
So I’m at church in Pacasmayo sitting next to Avis, and I’m praying and thinking about all this and asking the Lord to reveal it to me. And ya know what He reminded me of?
He reminded me that I’m on a journey of my own right now. And just to focus on that. I had never even been on a mission trip outside the country before, but here I am on an eleven month mission trip all over Latin America! Maybe I expected “my journey” to look differently. And it may in the future. Maybe I expected it to look more like Avis’ or Katies’ journey. But I am on one right now. My own journey. God didn’t call me to Katie’s story or Christine Caine’s story or even Avis’s. The Lord has me on my very own journey that I am partaking in right now at this very moment. And I am so thankful for that.
Willie, a pastor from Portland who came down to preach in Peru, prophesied over all of my team and told us that the world race was just boot camp. And I believed him. I know the world race is just a taste of what The Lord has planned for me. And I wanna say yes. I’m ready to say yes.
I am your servant. Father what will you have me do?
Until the next adventure,
Teej
