This past week my whole squad has been in Siem Reap for debrief. We have stayed at Overflow Guesthouse, a base of Adventures in Missions, and have had the privilege of having wifi, air conditioning and beds. It’s been a time of processing what the Lord has done in this last month, vision casting for the month to come, and making changes, if need be, so that I can pour out to others from the overflow within myself, and get the very most of my time on the race.
I have never been on a missions trip before, but my expectations of what I thought the race would look like, was based on what I have seen others do while on missions trips- construction, VBS, loving on the orphans, evangelism, etc. I’m realizing that this isn’t a mission trip, but more so a discipleship program. I’m realizing that this is so different than life back home. It’s easy to not feel secure in what I think, because there isn’t anyone around me with the same beliefs, morals, or values. It’s hard. I’m forced to make my faith my own, and not rely on anyone else’s belief system. My local church isn’t here. I’m not constantly being poured into. It’s just me and God. He has opened my eyes to things I have never noticed before when I have read His word. He’s challenged me and I know that He is the only person I can depend on.
He’s showing me how to be steadfast. When things around me don’t line up with what I believe, I get to make a choice. Am I going to choose to conform or am I going to seek God and His truth? And am I going to be affected and frustrated when I don’t agree?
So long as I’m on this earth I really only have one goal- to share the good news. This past month God has taught me the simplicity of the gospel, and how much I have over complicated it previously. He said that I should be able to share it with a child, an old man with little education, a Bible scholar, anyone. So no matter what my team and I are assigned to do, I am choosing to make the most of this time. I am choosing to share the good news with as many people as I can. I am choosing to live missionally and speak life.
Our purpose is pretty simple.
