Luke 9:23
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” -Jesus
I look at my life and everything back home. I can’t help but see how comfortable I was living. Having everything I needed right in front of me. Spending money on things I don’t need. Getting fast food because I was too lazy to cook my own. Buying new cloths because I am too bored of the ones I have. I just lived such a comfortable life.
Over the past three months there has been such a change in my life. I have had to travel distances to get things I needed. The comforts of having a walmart up the street were not there. God took me out of somewhere to see how much he could stretch me. He killed me!
He killed me and took away everything I feel comfortable having and doing. He made it so I have to work to get necessities in life. He made it so I have to grow comfortable with people on a squad that I barely know. He made me open up the most painful details of my life to them. He killed me and I am so thankful.
He’s brought out the best in me and sharpened me as a better tool for the ministry. Just this month I have opened up to my new team and stayed in a place equal to an uninsulated shed. I’ve helped add on to a school in a village and taught English to young students. It’s something that I have never done before. There’s no place I would rather be. I am so thankful God made me die to myself.
I have 8 more months until I have to go back to the United States. I can tell you now that it will be the most difficult thing I will ever have to do. I love the ministry that God has put me in. Until the end though, I will love every child, widow, and foreigner that I meet. I will show them what Jesus looks like through the way I live and how I care for them.
Thank you so much for everyone who has helped me learn this lesson. Dying is ok. It’s something that has to happen so you can love others better. This is a picture of the children that I have been teaching english to. Because of your help they have be learning it and also learning about Jesus. Bless you all.
I will be doing a fundraiser starting next month online. I am around $5,000 short of my final goal due in January. Thank you so much for everyone who has helped on this journey. Because of you so many have felt the love of Jesus and know who He is.
