Who Am I?

 

Sitting in this taxi in Ethiopia headed to our ministry site I am in awe.  This country is so different from Uganda and Rwanda.  There is a heavy middle eastern presence here.  It’s the middle of dry season so it looks like a big desert right now.  But it’s beautiful.  One might think that all the brown and dryness would look boring and drab.  But honestly it’s beautiful because this is what God created. He made this country look like a desert but then he threw in a couple of mountains with some pine trees and haystacks and random villages and random donkeys and cows roaming around on the road.  I’m speechless.  I have these moments where it hits me that this is my life right now.  I’m driving down a road in Ethiopia headed to our compound in the middle of no where.  We are 2 hours from the city and frankly I’m extremely excited about that.  This month is an almost all squad month.  One of the teams is doing unsung hero work but the rest of us will be doing ministry together.  

Coming into this month I was a little apprehensive. A lot of insecurities started to arise again and feelings of inadequacy and not feeling that I connect well with people on the squad came about.  This hit me in Thailand as well and it was a struggle to feel like I was accepted by the squad.  But then God came in and revealed a few truths that I needed to accept and believe.  It’s a continuous battle every day because Satan knows how to attack and knows my weaknesses.  But God has conquered Satan and if I truly believe that then I don’t need to have a fear of not being accepted or loved by the squad because in Christ:

I am confident.

I am a daughter of the King.

I am a vital part of L squad.

I am loved.

I am never alone.

I am never forgotten.

I am important to my Heavenly Father.

I am a vital part of my team Full House.

I am worthy of God’s love.

These are just a few of the truths revealed to me.  so as I enter into this month where I know Satan is going to be attacking and has already attacked I am going to throw these in his face and I’m going to choose to embrace my identity in Christ.  Satan loves to sneak i n but I’m deciding today that I’m not going to let that happen.  So here we go Ethiopia.  What do you have in store for me?  Cause whatever it is I’m ready.

 

 

 

 

This month we are partnering with HOPEthiopia.  It’s a great organization that has many different aspects to it.  They have a reforestation project, health project, education project, and construction project.  We will get to partner with them and help them in any way we can.

 

Thanks for all the prayer and support!  Keep it coming!