Team Update
The healing process within my team is transforming with the power of the Lord. God has been moving in each one of our lives and pulling each of us into accountability and pointing each other back to Christ and who he made us to be. The Race isn’t easy, as I’m sure you’ve seen in my past blogs, but it is helping me notice who I am and my identity in God. It all starts by knowing that you are a son and daughter of the most high king. Realizing that because God loves me and all of my faults there’s no reason for me not to give grace to the people who have done the same things. Bringing the darkness into the light throughout these couple weeks on the Race has opened doors and so many opportunities to include my team in how I’m actually handling being on the field.
Home Update
It’s been awesome to see things changing already at home. I feel confirmation from God that I’m supposed to be doing this by what I’m seeing him do through even my family. It brings me such joy to know that my family is serving alongside me on the other side of the world but doing it for the same God. Mom led my study group back home for the first time last Saturday and I couldn’t be more proud to know that she’s sharing her wisdom about God with my friends back home. I’m so excited to see God do amazing things through her and to come back to see the fruit of my Momma has been bearing. My brothers have also been serving our community with my Dad on the weekends and I can’t express how excited I am for them and how God is going to honor them in their decision to serve God’s people. I miss my mom.
Ministry Update
God has placed my team at a different school in the afternoons and it has been so great to be with the teachers and kids there. I really feel at peace for where God has us right now. I feel needed and I’m eager to make those fun relationships with the kids and learn about their lives. After our first full day of ministry this week we were riding our bikes home and Kat, one of my teammates, saw a group of street kids play football (soccer) and stopped her bike and asked the group, “Anyone else want to play?!” Hoping someone would want to join with her. I pulled my bike over and said, “well why not.” And the smiles and laughs went on and on. Giggles and yells from the kids trying to play with us, along with the little ones climbing all over me and a couple other girls. Piggy-Back-Rides were the most popular and tossing the small ones up in the air to see the beautiful smiles when they look at you while in the air, constantly asking to do it again and again, but the laughter and smiles were worth it. I’m so glad Kat felt the Holy Spirit calling her to just go play. It made me realize that the simplest acts and words can mean the most to someone less fortunate. We were all tired and just ready to go home at the end of our day but because Kat made the choice to obey what she heard we were able to create a memory that will last forever.
