I’m in Moldova,
a very small country in eastern Europe,
with my new ALL GIRLS team.
We only ever talk about boys and makeup and the color pink..
Yeah right…
These are some amazing women of God!
who challenge me and love me
and I'm so blessed by them
We live in a church.
It’s so cold you can sometimes see your breath… inside.
There is always a kid around to play karate with,
or strange nose grabbing games.
The food is wonderful.
Soup is eaten everyday at lunch time
which is okay with me because it keeps us warm.
It rains quite a bit
and when it doesn’t we get to play volleyball outside with the kids.
Umm, Yes please.
We have a body image jar
we put in a Lei (about 10 cents)
every time you say a bad thing about your appearance
“The tongue has the power of life and death”
Check Proverbs 18 or James.
We get to hang out with young people from the church
and watch movies with them.
English movies dubbed over in Russian with English subtitles.
Naturally.
And play ping pong
And watch soccer games
And eat cake
We have a bakery across the street.
It may or may not be the reason I eat too much chocolate,
and also the reason I am currently into insanity (the workout).
I have stopped wearing makeup
and walking around barefoot.
I have had dreams almost every night we have been here
I forget most of them about 10 min after waking up.
And a few mornings I have found myself on the 4th floor of our church
with my face buried in scripture,
begging for God to pour His spirit out.
And I’m so excited that God has caught hold of my heart.
He has begun to shift my focus from “me me me”
to desperate cries of, "Lord PLEASE do sometime huge
In this church,
In this country,
and In this world.
Because I can't do it…
or anything without you.
Your Kingdom come,
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven."
And Then I get to rest my head at night
knowing how huge God is
Knowing how Good He is
and knowing that my heart beats for another world…
because I was made for another world.
This place is not my home.
There is still work to be done
but my citizenship is in Heaven.
Where I will get to be with Jesus.
Oh Goodness, that is good news.
