Hello everyone, I am alive and sincerely apologize for my lack of blogging over the last few months. I have been walking through some incredibly deep, tough, and beautiful experiences, and I haven’t known how to share them. Thailand opened up the reality of what going home would look like. In Cambodia, God asked me to give Him every second of every day and continue building my foundation in Him. And I did. I dove deep into His word, His presence and worked through lots of my past. Ethiopia was heaven on earth and I thanked God daily for bringing me back to a place I love so deeply. Over the last few months, while refocusing my energy, I have taken a bit of a hiatus from video editing as well. I am currently working through months of video and promise to get those posted with updates from each month soon.
It’s hard to believe that the end of the Race is so quickly approaching. I was dreading the end before the Race even began over 10 months ago. I knew this year would change my life but I could have never imagined the ways that it did. This year, I have made my faith my own. God has continually revealed Himself to me in new ways and allowed me to find my identity and security in Him. Over the last few weeks, God worked through the anxiety of going home and has changed my heart to expectancy for the opportunities that lie ahead. It never fails that when you fully surrender things to God, He completely changes plans and opens new doors.
Several months ago, I felt God telling me that I wasn’t done after the Race. In my mind, this meant a discipleship program of shorts and I had begun looking into several opportunities. I tried not to think too much into it and just trust that when the time came, God would show me exactly where I needed to go and what I needed to do. Well friends, that time has come and it looks like God had other plans. My time on the field (and in Africa) aren’t over. At the end of Cambodia, I was approached by our squad mentor and asked to Alumni Team Lead for two additional months. I was incredibly apprehensive about Team Leading. I have spent so much of this year learning and figuring out who I am in Christ. I didn’t feel qualified to lead and felt like I still had so much to learn. I knew this wasn’t a decision I would have chosen for myself so I prayed that God would give me a clear answer if this was my next step. And of course He did, several times.
After much prayer and confirmation, I will be heading back into the field in January with a new squad to lead a team to Ghana and the Ivory Coast. I am eager to see what this next chapter will bring and trust that Gods plan is so much greater than mine could ever be. I will be flying back to America in early December and look forward to being home for the holidays before heading back out to the field. Please join me in prayer for my new squad. Pray for their hearts as they prepare to leave their friends and families for a year, for their finances as they fundraise, and for their minds to be blown at training camp (October 16-28) just like mine was a year ago. I will also be fundraising again for the next two months on the field. Should you feel led to partner with me, click the orange donate button at the top right of my page. Thank you all for the love and constant support over last year and a half. Without you, this opportunity would have never been possible!
Love from Rwanda, Sara
Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant I am slow of speech and tongue.” The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.” Exodus 4: 10-12
