Have you ever been surprised or taken back at God’s glory? These past 4 months I’ve been in a state where I’m blown away by how much Jesus loves me. Through the people He put in my life, and the countries I would have never dreamed of being in, He continues to open my eyes more and more to the bigger picture and the way He has made me. I continue to ask Him how I got so lucky to be able to call Him “Father, Jesus, Abba, Holy Spirit, my everything”. I still don’t fully know why He would choose me to go on this journey with Him. I only know that it’s because He loves me and when He asked me I was willing to go. Honestly, I think that’s one of the most valuable things we all need to know about our God. First, that He loves us and second that He is calling every single one of us to something way bigger, better, and maybe a little insane. It is something way better than we could think up for ourselves.
I believe that God is personal. He meets us where we are at and He loves us anyway. The Father will never not want you or love you any less than He does right now. He made us and sent His only son. I mean that’s crazy really, think about that just one son. To die for all sin, my sin. He continues to ask me to go deeper in knowledge and I fall more in love with Him every day. Madagascar was a whirl wind of firsts. God asked me to trust Him more, to leave earthly logic and let Him be my eyes. I had to put my trust in Him the able to teach English to a whole bunch of high school students in the afternoons and preschoolers in the mornings. I made deeper friendships than I’ve made in the past 2 months of being on the field and I have heard God in different ways than I’ve experienced before.
My translators were amazing and we got to know them and walk with them as they dealt with normal life. It was a reminder of why I’m here, and what my mission is: that I need to love everyone in the way they need it. Each one of us is so special to God and receives love in different ways. We all have different things going on in our life. God cares about our struggles and wants to help be the solution. Hasina and Mpitily are studying in Madagascar and were spending time volunteering to help us speak and pray over people. Through their time volunteering they got a chance to practice their English and become even more fluent. For the first time in a few months I could have a deeper conversation and get to know them more. It was a such an amazing blessing to be able to communicate with them and not have to speak differently than I normally do for people to understand me. I praise God for these two Godly men that I call friends and continue to pray for.
Overall, I wouldn’t have changed a thing even in times of being sick with a parasite or walking around ten miles every day to do home visits. God continues to reveal more and more of himself to me. I’m constantly in utter wonder of our God. So, goodbye Madagascar! I will miss you, stay in touch friends.
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