Hey friends! I haven’t posted in a little bit. These past few weeks of ministry have been so busy!
Our time in Guatemala is coming to a close and I can’t even believe it. I can’t believe how much growth I have experienced here, how much love I have been given, how I have lived here for 3 MONTHS?! What?! Some days it feels like we got here 2 weeks ago and some days it feels like we’ve been here a year. Kind of wild.
The staff here has poured out everything they have to us. They have given us every tool to put in our tool belt to take to our next countries and I am extremely grateful for them and their hearts. The people I have met on this journey have changed my life forever. FOREVER. Like I will never be the same because of them and the love they’ve showed me.
Every Thursday we have Activation. Activation is a day where we hear a teaching from someone on staff here, we practice it, then we go out and do it. Some past topics have been identity, character, hearing the voice of God, ATL. This past Thursday the lesson was on Kingdom culture. We talked about how we carry the culture of the Kingdom and how if what we are doing isn’t moving the kingdom forward it isn’t worth doing. That hit hard! For the activation part we all got on a bus to Antigua with the goal of ministering to Americans. At first my thought was that it would be easy since there wouldn’t be a language barrier, but it was the opposite. It was so intimidating. American people are not as approachable as other people. It isn’t normal in the states to just walk up to a stranger and start a conversation, or ask to pray for them. Those few hours of seeking out Americans was so eye opening for me. When I get back I will have to start those uncomfortable conversations, because if that’s what it takes to further the Kingdom then so be it. So much fruit comes out of discomfort for the Kingdom.
Something that has been on my heart while in Guatemala is bringing revival to the states. Yes, taking the gospel to the nations is what we are called to do, but the US is a nation too! There is so much work to be done. There is so much culture to be changed. I think we forget in the church that we should always be relevant in ministry, but being relevant is not a ministry. Getting 1,000 likes is not a ministry.
Heaven went bankrupt for us! We have to wake up! We have to change the culture!
A place that needs revival like never before is college campuses. There is so much talk on the race about what is next. My mind has wondered that for so long now. One of my first blogs explains the longer version of this story but last fall I applied to Auburn University (where I have always wanted to go), during that process I ended up applying for the race, got accepted, and chose to lean into what the Lord had for me. 2 weeks later I found out I got into Auburn. I had a split second to change my decision about the race and go to my dream school. But I didn’t, I took the hope the Lord gave me through that first acceptance and knew if I was supposed to go to Auburn, he would open that door again.
8 months later and I got accepted for Fall 2020! I can’t wait to take everything I am learning and take it to a college campus, take it to the friends I make, take it to the groups I get involved in. The Lord’s humor is so funny. The fact that he blesses obedience is so cool to me. I know he has known the desires of my heart this whole time but when his will lines up with what I want for myself it is so crazy to me!
These past few weeks I have learned so much about myself and the Lord. I am seeing first hand how much better life is when I give him every piece of my heart. Insecurities that I never knew I had are being dug up, and I am learning how to dig up the root of them. This next week is going to be hard as we start to say goodbye to our ministries and the people we have shared life with here. Nobody can prepare you for that. These people are family now and I am going to miss them like crazy.
I can’t even begin to express my gratitude for everyone who has supported me through prayer and financially on this journey. You will never know how much ya’ll are changing the world through your generosity. I wish I could sit down with every person who has donated and tell you every detail of all my days here. Just know that you have completely changed so many lives, so thank you!!!
Once I leave for Africa I won’t have internet for 3 months so please feel free to message me through here or facebook, my imessage doesn’t work! Thank you for reading another small glimpse of my life. 3 months down, 6 to go! Lets do this!
