Month five of the race is coming to an end. C-squad has been to Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Bulgaria, & Albania + the beautiful countries we've driven through. Next month we will be in Africa then will finish off our race in Asia. We've witnessed healing's take place & have led people to The Lord. Individually The Lord has planted dreams within our hearts & removed some. Some of us have developed lifelong friendships with people we met in these countries. We've experienced squatty potties, bucket showers, living in a tent for a month, not being able to shower regularly, washing clothes by hand, & much more. We've been stretched, refined, humbled & called into greatness.
All of this reminds me of the Lords faithfulness. For years I dreamt of seeing the nations & experiencing different cultures. There were many nights I laid awake in bed asking/begging The Lord to send me to China/the nations. I desired to do life with people around the world – to worship our creator with them. America wasn't the only place where the bride of Christ dwelled so I NEEDED to go where they were.
Even with this strong unwavering desire The Lord asked me to plant roots in Texas. To lay these desires at His feet and to trust He would give me my hearts desires in HIS timing. As hard as it was to let go of this desire I let this dream go & began planting deep roots in Texas. I became a small group leader, was asked to oversee prayer at our church, started teaching, & invested all I could in my community. For four years this is what my life looked like – the nations was a far off dream. Something I still desired but something I didn't put much thought into anymore. My heart was for Texas – for my community.
At the end of the fourth year with the nations not on the fore front of my mind and loving my life in TX The Lord began bringing it up again. Sharing His heart for the nations – burdening mine to pray for His bride across the earth. Then I began having dreams about different countries, seeing the Lords hands upon them. Slowly the dreams that were mine became His dreams. He formed and molded them to mirror His desires with my intertwined. Then a few months later I came across The World Race and felt The Lord leading me to apply. Well, here I am, about to enter month six.
As I look back and see the journey The Lord has brought me on it scream of His faithfulness/love. Though I didn't understand why four years ago I couldn't go to the nations I now do. The Lord wanted to do a few things before sending me – 1. Wanted to make my dreams
His. He desired to mold them &
to shape them into something
beautiful, something greater
then what I could dream up.
2. He wanted to teach me
about His character and
develop with me a solid
relationship.
3. He wanted me to have deep
roots somewhere. To learn not
to go from place to place all
the time. Instead of continually
wanting change He gave me
eyes to see beauty in investing.
4. He desired to give me a
good gift. The gift of a solid
solid community and support
support system in the states
for when I left to the nations.
Oh how I miss my TX fam!
You see The Lord IS and will ALWAYS be faithful to us. Even in season when we feel as if He isn't – He is doing something greater then you could ever imagine. If He asks us to lay things down at His feet it doesn't mean it's gone forever – sometimes yes but even in that His faithfulness shines. Sometimes though He wants to do something different – something we will be thankful for in the end. Remember He sees the WHOLE picture where as we only see what lays behind. If you feel like The Lord is 'holding' out on you – let your heart be encouraged by my testimony. I had a dream of going to the nations – He asked me to lay it at His feet – I did so – five years later I get to do life in eleven different countries with 40 people that have become my family. He. Is. Faithful.
There is no place I would rather be then right here, right now.
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