Please, let me brush the dust off this blog… it’s getting close to 10 months since i wrote, let me try to give you a quick run through. My transition season after the Race has definitely been one of silence and hiddeness. By that I mean I worked a lot, keeping myself very busy and in my own world, and I was hearing very little from God. Even though it was lonely, I now know this to be God’s plan from the beginning. In order for me to really take hold of the things I learned on the Race I needed a season of drawing close to God in a deep and intimate way. The silence I endured between us was a way of getting me to a place where I had to search even deeper for Him, it was tough but it lead me to the sweet spot of surrender. What i had been asking the Lord about all winter and spring was for a clear answer to my future… I know, this is a crazy question, but sometimes you cant help but get hung-up on it and when I got to the spot of surrendering my unanswered questions and inevitably my entire future to God, He stepped in and became my answer, and it looked like this…
I had an incredible opportunity to spend time with the most precious 9 year old I have ever met. She accepted Christ as her Savior in our time together and I spent countless hours pouring God’s truth into her spirit. I watched her change and come alive on the inside. I was so deeply moved by God’s devine appointment in her life that I knew without a doubt, this is what my future is all about. My future is in God’s redemptive work here on Earth. The very essence of my life lies within the Kingdom of God touching the hearts of men. Practically, this give me nothing, ahahaha, but spiritually this is everything, this is the true life that Jesus talked about, completely opening our hearts as a vessel for the LIFE giving breath of God. This is my future and in that I rest because I know my God is good.
So, now that God had cracked open an area of my heart that was holding me back I was wide open available for ANYTHING He wanted me to do. At the same time I was beginning to feel that deep stirring within my spirit that was calling me back out to the mission field. This brings us up to about 3 weeks ago when i emailed AIM
to say that I was ‘available’. Within 24 hrs I was asked if i was available enough to lead a 3 month Real Life trip to Kenya in 3 weeks… and as you may have guessed, I’M TOTALLY GOING TO KENYA!! I leave for GA on Wed. for leadership training before the trip starts and will be in Kenya with my co-leader Kyle Young and our beloved team of 13 by the 13th of Sept.
I believe God has prepared my heart to be available for this team. I am ready to fall in love with them! I am excited to walk through the trenches of the Kingdom of God with them, seeing the Glory of God manifest in our hearts and those we minister to.
In Kenya we will be staying in a town called Kijabe. Ministering to surrounding villages, hospitals, refugee camps, and churches.
My intention is to continue this blog and share with you the things I discover about this mighty Kingdom that’s within. I hope and pray that my friends and family will follow this journey as they did when I was on the World Race, this is simply part 2…
Please pray for our protection over the next couple weeks as we meet and get to know each other.
*just a reminder, Adventures in Missions is a non-profit, donations based organization and will accept any offer to help offset costs for these mission trips. My World Race account has been set up to continue receiving support and it will go directly to the Real Life account. Just click the ‘Support Me’ link on the left hand side.
