Every cloud has its silver lining…or so the saying goes. I know in my last post I talked a lot about how things were not going the way I had planned and I was feeling a little bit lost. But this saying has proved true for me and I think I have finally found the silver lining to postponing the WR.
Since I was no longer going on the WR in January, I found myself needing a last minute internship in order to graduate from CCCB in May and God led me contact a church called Broadmoor Baptist that has an adult ESL ministry here in Mississippi. I was worried that trying to find an internship so last minute would never work and that even if it did whatever I found could never measure up to what I would’ve had on the WR. Even after I was accepted to join Broadmoor’s ministry I felt discouraged and unmotivated.
Then one night as I was laying in bed wallowing in my self-pity I had a revelation… I had planned to “go to the ends of the earth” for Jesus but now Jesus had brought the ends of the earth to me. I couldn’t believe it! There are people from all over the world speaking all kinds of languages who gather together under one roof every single week and I get to be a part of that. Even as I’m writing this I’m blown away by how the Lord has provided this ministry for me and the ways that He brings everything together.
So now every Wednesday I get up at 5:30 in the morning to drive an hour and a half to Madison, MS to teach English as a second language to people from countries that I would never be able to go to. But it’s not just about English, I’m able to hear their stories, build relationships, and share the Gospel. And every week I learn something new from them about the Lord or about ministry and the ways it looks in real life. I still think the WR is a wonderful opportunity and I’m so excited to participate in that ministry in the future, but I’m learning that I don’t have to “go” in order to reach the ends of the earth. I can do that right here, right now.
Also… Stayed tuned for a NEW ROUTE REVEAL coming soon!!!
