Where to begin? It’s been 3 weeks since and I’m still processing. Let’s see, words that come to mind…
INSANE.CRAZY.FUN.EXHAUSTING.CHAOTIC.PURPOSEFUL.POWERFUL.
INDESCRIBABLE.
day was PACKED FULL of stuff to equip us to serve throughout the nations over
the next year. It was also a chance to get to know the AWESOME
people we will be serving along side next year. I am so excited to serve with such genuine people who are filled with
SO much passion and joy for our awesome God! Throughout the week I was
stretched, challenged, and encouraged in many ways.
Needless to say it was an intense week, but a much needed one in preparing, in
so many ways, for the year to come.
The craziness:
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FREEZING temperatures SO cold = painful numb toes
for several days!
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Sleeping bunks without electricity. (Thank
goodness for headlamps!)
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“Ice cold brain, red HOT heart!” 🙂
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Eating food from all over the world & only
three times a day. (Apparently I snack too much)
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No running water. No toilets. NO SHOWER for 10 days!
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Wearing the same few sets of clothes layered for
the better part of 10 days. (Apparently weather.com isn’t reliable.)
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Learning to walk with an open ♥, exposed to God & seeing 100+
passionate peers do the same.
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Community living with 100 others.
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Seeing so many lives radically changed!
Just
a few the things I learned:
– That I can live with the bare necessities in the
frigid cold.
– God speaks a lot more than I care to listen. (Working
on the listening part!)
– We don’t have permission to be insecure-there is
too much to do for the Kingdom!
– Expectations are usually not known until they
aren’t met and are often self-centered.
– God is not interested in my comfort or
entertainment-He is interested in my character.
– Sin has lost its power!
– The importance of speaking LIFE into others… so
powerful!
us with a lot of logistical details and information to keep us safe and as
healthy as possible as we trek around the world with only a 40lb backpack. Most
importantly they sent us out, armed Ephesians 6 style, with the Holy Spirit as
our help to : pray, serve, love, hold, minister, and witness to those the Lord
leads us to. I feel unworthy and uneducated for this calling, but I do believe
with the Lord’s help, HE will be glorified through my weakness!
