What’s up Everybody
Let me start this off by saying thank you so so much for all of the support from everyone involved in getting me here on the world race. The love,prayers, words of encouragement, the mission donations, everything from the bottom of my heart it really means the world to me. It still blows my mind that in this very moment I am in a coffee shop in freakin Cambodia. I mean seriously what the heck.haha that is so cool. So thank you for everything. Some are called to go, others are called to give and love but whatever the case may be I could not be here without yall. I just wanted to take some time to reach out to ya and share whats been going on these first two weeks and what is currently on my heart. You know how this works. Here we go…
Can I just say really quick that meeting 18 strangers to jump on a plane and travel 35 hours with layovers across the world to a 3rd world country is 100 percent bananas. We slept in airports, ate bad airplane food, and way to much of it I may add. It just kept coming. We smelled pretty awful and so did the planes after a while but I think that was mostly us. No Judgement here. Also Jet lag is a real and powerful thing. What has been so awesome to me these first two weeks is how complete strangers can be so connected and have such a strong sense of family from the jump like this. Of course we all have walls up, come from different backgrounds, and are all in different levels when it comes to our relationship with God but never underestimate the power behind individuals who seek God first and come together for one common goal. God has already shown me the power in that.
Now I’m sure a lot of you have an idea of what a mission trip is or should look like and let me say you aren’t wrong. There is a chance we may be working in a hospital or orphanage, fighting against human trafficking, doing prison ministry,or humanitarian work, teaching English or building communities. The list goes on and on and yes there is a good chance we will be involved with a lot of those this next year. But I want to stress something to all of you and for some this may be an idea or concept that is new to you but our mission trip is called unscripted for a reason and the reason is we will go and get into what we feel as a team, squad, or individuals God is calling us to do. Our goal is to get into the inner belly of the countries we are going to be in. So we do not have a set ministry or schedule week to week or month to month. Our goal, well at least my goal for sure is to grind for Christ daily, to figure out what it means to discover God personally, and to go do the work he calls of me where ever that may be. I have a fire inside of me and my prayer,my hope is that the fire inside me no longer goes back to being dormant. That it is no longer a tiny flame but that it continues to become an uncontrollable blaze. It’s headed in the right direction that’s for sure.
My entire life I have always been a dreamer or a visionary but at the same time they have always been my visions or dreams not necessarily Gods. I have been running from Gods calling,destiny,plan, or whatever you would like to call it since I was about 10 years old. I’m tired of running. It’s been exhausting and I’m done doing that. I know how God designed me and the things I am capable of. Bit by bit I get more and more of my true destiny and calling. Being here is a giant step in that direction and it is so very exciting. I want to know God a little more each day. To be more in tune with all the ways he can speak to me and fully embrace his love. I want the God who created everything to know me. I mean really know me and I want to really know him, A1 since day 1 type homies. haha. That is what he truly wants with all of us. Is to have a real relationship with each one of his children. Just a reminder that he loves you so much and he always will. When I think about it, it all comes back to love. It starts with love and ends with love. The bible is a story of Gods love for us. I know that if I am to do what he wants me to do this year and years to come that I must live and lead with love.
I have said in other blogs that this travel the world and doing mission work is all new for me. With that being said I know I am where I need to be and that is exciting because I know where I am is where God wants me. Humbleness and humility is how I have entered this new season and it feels great. No plan A or Plan B only Gods plan. My plans haven’t been working so I gave them the good ol beat it award and got rid of those suckers. I know the concept of faith or living by faith doesn’t make sense to a lot of people and that is ok. I trust the plan he has for me. I just want to embrace and express the version of myself God has designed me to be. So one day at a time I’m working on that. I cant worry about the days of yesterday and expect to live fully today.
I want to take a few minutes to give a shout out. These first two weeks have been a lot of training, team building, and just getting acclimated to Cambodia. To the leadership, coaches, serve team, and our unscripted squad as a whole thank you so much for all your love and knowledge these last couple weeks.For me personally it has been a really long time since I have been in a true Christian community setting like that. From the teachings, to the meals, to just the great conversations and doing life together it has meant so much to me. So thanks for being You!!
I just realized I’m over 1100 words.. oops.. So if you are still with me Ill try and wrap this up. Ill go into detail on whats been going on here in Cambodia on the next one. If not we will all be here all night. I do want to take the time to talk about my team. Travis,Jenna,Chelsey, and Ana. We are team Harmony. I would say overall we have a good vibe. Now are we in perfect harmony at this very moment? No,but I have no doubt we will be. I see a team with so much love and such strong gifts. I see so much potential waiting to burst free in everyone of them. Do we all have our own personal walls up? Of course. I look at our team like this and its basically how we came up with the name. So many different elements go into making a song. It never starts out great. Even if a song is done quickly it requires the entire team to be in the studio 24/7. Trial and Error,what flows where, hows the beat sounds, hows the hook,is the artist hitting the notes. So much goes into it but when its finally done you have a hit and that song is climbing the charts. Our team is like this. We have so many different parts to our team and its a process to get them all to flow properly. We have the luxury of the parts being some amazing gifts from God. I know if we keep our focus on him God is going to bring us together on levels we never thought were possible and then we will be able to do amazing things in Jesus name. All for the Kingdom. I’m so thankful to have them on this team and I can not wait to get started. Thanks for taking the time hear some things on my heart. Talk soon. Love ya.
If you would like to partner with me while on this trip all donations to my mission fund are tax deductible. Prayers,love,and continued support are always very appreciated. God bless.
