And now, let's travel 10 months AFTER the last entry to just about a month ago, to March 19th…
It's happening!…it's here!! The time to tell you what I've been waiting for all year! (I really didn't mean to rhyme!) In my last note I wrote about the stirring up inside, the flame reignited and the urgency to go…all I was waiting for was His prompting… Well that prompting has come and after about a year of waiting patiently for the timing to be perfect, I am SO beyond excited to be able to announce that God has said, no, has loudly proclaimed inside my heart to ‘GO’! Not only has he told me to go, but he’s given me the direction in which I am to take. So, without further ado, here is my OFFICIAL announcement!!!!
In January 2013 I will venture out into the world to put action to the vision that was birthed inside of me so long ago with the AIM ministry, World Race! I have prayed about, applied and been accepted for the most amazing opportunity ever! I, along with my team, will travel to 11 different countries in 11 months. We will partner with missionaries and serve in anyway needed! One month we may be serving in the prisons and the next we may be building an orphanage. Wherever it is that we’re needed, that is where we’ll be. For 11 months I will get to show His love to people who may not even know what love is. I will get to serve in ways I never imagined I would. I will get to see the beauty of His creation that is the world. I will get to love like He loves.
There aren’t words to describe the excitement I feel inside. So many times I sit and think, ‘is this really real? Is this REALLY going to be my life for a year?’ I have found myself thinking back to everything that has happened in the last couple of years and just smile as I can now see how everything has pieced together to bring me to this point in my life. I think about how many times I thought that I was forgotten, that I had gotten lost in the day to day and that I would never be able to fulfill the destiny I so thought He had for my life. But in all those times, during all those thoughts, He remained, patiently waiting for me to see Him, and once I did, He walked slowly beside me to bring me where I am today, so in love with Him.
This next year is going to be the journey before the adventure as I learn to rely on Him more. I will have to fight pride in asking for help, learn patience while waiting for the funds and remember daily that He IS Jehovah Jirah, my Provider for everything I should need.
So here I go, yet again – at first I was waiting for the ‘go’ and now I ‘go’ without waiting.
**The 11 countries**
Kenya
Uganda
Rwanda
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Thailand
Malaysia
Cambodia
Nepal
India
