NO- its not what you think 🙂 WOW- where to begin??
So first things first, we made it to Peru…..After 120 hours which included, 2 hostels, one 12 hour bus ride, and two 24 hour bus rides….we are safely in Cusco, Peru and it is incredible. We happen to be staying with an incredibly encouraging couple and their family who are from Lexington, SC! We already played the name game and found out we both attended Radius church (they were in Lexington and we were in Greenville, but still how amazing!)
This month we will be working with the orphanage they are involved with as well as helping them make improvements on their home which they envision to be a place to encourage and give rest to those coming and going with the love of Jesus!
Lets play some catch up: so we left our ministry at CAMP HOPE and when I was asked to give a speech in Spanish our last day I was good until I said “El amor de Dios es aqui” and I lost it in such a beautiful way haha. It was so true though, Jesus is all over that place and we will miss it! We are very excited to jump in with this next ministry as well as we remember those the Lord has brought into our lives as we go!
So last month outside of our ministry was “all squad month” which means all 60 people on the squad were at the same place…and I realized the introvert tendencies I had. We lost a lot of intentionality within our team as we interacted with different people in the squad.
Personally, I would find myself diving into my comfort and passion of music. I love music and it is a huge part of my life as a musician, but I never thought of it being a blessing and a curse. As we know the enemy doesn’t play fair and I began to see roots of envy begin to take place in my life concerning music. Seeing musicians making music their career was something I began to envy and it became a distraction. Some of you may know that God put it on my heart to put my pursue of music on “hold” over this year and I was ok with that. Sold my drums(!!!) in order to raise money for this and I have been ok with that, but this past month I have felt attacked with envy and doubt and it has limited my growth and in vulnerability I am inviting you all into it.
I have been open with my team about these attacks and envy, and as we got to Peru I could tell how if I let these roots keep growing they will. It was yesterday when going through my past notes I saw how where I had written down effective ways to hear from God and REPENTANCE was a factor that my aid us in hearing more from the Lord. I read in Acts 3:9-19 where Peter addresses the crowd on their ignorance and how he instructed them to REPENT so a time of REFRESHING may come! That hit me like a ton of bricks and I was so excited to go to the Lord and ask for His grace and REPENT of my ignorance and how I have let my passions, dreams, desires etc. become my focus and distract me! I am desiring so much of this REFRESHMENT and go deeper in my walk with our Lord! I read today in a devotional how repentance is somewhat of a “homecoming” and I completely agree- I want to come back to my foundation that is built on Jesus and maintain my focus there! I am so thankful to the HOLY SPIRIT who leads me back home!
I would appreciate so much prayer in this regard as I daily submit my plans to God and trust Him with my dreams, passions, desires, because I AM NOT PERFECT AT THIS. My desires are even centered around furthering the Kingdom of our Lord through music that is accompanied with the hope, love, and passion of the Gospel- not bad right? But the enemy I know hates it and wants to distract me anyway that he can- so please pray for protection as well. Pray also that I trust the Lord with the future and can be HERE AND NOW- not worrying about tomorrow as we hear from Jesus!
So much love for those of you following us and supporting us in so many different ways! We want to do our best to first and foremost continue to honor our Lord and bring Him glory, and also honor you all for the support and love!
Thanks so much and there will be more to come!
Glory to His name!
