Botswana taught me a lot. Something the Lord is walking me through that I’ve learned I need, and want to be walked through, is self control. One day Kara challenged me to go the rest of the two months without eating any added sugar (I love sugar!). I did it and only ate sugar on Christmas and New Years. As I was having quiet time one day something I realized was the Lord really did give me this challenge to learn something and that was self control!!! I have been fasting sugar since then. One night I was doing dishes talking about this to Lucie and she told me to think of a tangible way to learn more self control. After praying about it lots, the Lord has really told me that fasting my phone is something I can do to grow closer to Him during this upcoming month in South Africa. Instead of trying to control situations from where I am i can focus on the Lord and control when I do that. Something I think that is going to come out of this is trust and more obedience. In First Peter God reminds us to be clear minded and self controlled. To gain more self control we have to continue to pray and ask God for a clear mind to guide us through this process.As I go into these next two months I am extremely excited to see what God has in store for me. I ask that you pray for me during this process in case it gets hard and that my mind may be only focused on Him and what He wants me to be learning and how I can grow closer to Him.
love
Kaylee
