hi beloved friends and family!
sorry I haven’t posted lately!
I just have a few seconds so I wanted to let you know that i will be posting this next week to update you on all that I’ve been going through and doing and my prayer requests list!
right now I just got back to the states and I don’t have Internet yet!
but Gods still being very intentional – and I’ll share more when I come back this week and edit this post 😉 thanks for bearing with me!!!
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Tuesday morning. June 20th, 2017.
I’m sitting in Wendy’s about to face another unexpected challenge – that for the sake of forgiveness to the party who created this situation I will not divulge.
it’s so hot outside that people are casting aside their norms for whatever releif they can find: lifted or unbuttoned shirts…some men have removed them altogether.
Inside the air conditioning has made it so cold that I wish I’d also donned a coat. Already I’m wearing a spaghetti tank under a long sleeve, a vest, long black jeans, and a scarf.
Near my window there’s a little group of homeless people –
a tall construction looking built guy with a broken arm keeps dodging in and out with a small Wendy’s cup and stealing ice. One of the groups parked himself near the tv in a lounge looking area of the updated style fast-food restaurant.
Each displays unique signs of pain and brokenness hid by bold displays of nonchalant physical barriers. Grinning too wide, talking too loud, cuss words without provocation, sassy extravagance with every step.
Ive just arrived back to the states the week before and I haven’t been to the bank yet…and I can’t remember my cards PIN number and have no idea how much cash I have in my account -I have about 100 dollars of cash in my purse.
Last week after arriving I immediately out to the west coast for my friend’s wedding. It didn’t cost that much since I waited for a cheap ticket but I’d decided that if I was going to go out there i might as well double up on what I could do and make the money really count.
Suffice it to say that I was not only overly blessed but I was overly challenged. I won’t go into all the details for the sake of space and my love for my friends, but nothing ended up being anything like I thought it would.
I spent money I didn’t plan to. I didn’t sleep as much as I thought I would, and the time spent with my close friends didn’t get spent the way i’d anticipated.
And yet, I wouldn’t exchange it for anything.
i met a girl at the wedding who I fully anticipate being friends with for life. I worshiped God with my friend in the midst of her unexpected life trial which almost broke us both – and I realized again that what im heading into this next year with a team of other people is going to be a bigger challenge than I can face.
yes.
Bigger and harder than I can imagine.
And at the same time, it’s going to be more rewarding and bring more joy than I have ever known.
I feel deep down in my guts that God is reminding me that no matter what I go through He is with me. Yea, it’s not going to be easy – and if I knew maybe I wouldn’t want to go forward into it – but after, when I look back I I know that I will “wouldn’t have wanted it any other way”. Because I’m going to taste and see that He’s good!
Do you have those kinds of stories? Can you share them with me?
The testimonies of Gods abiding faithfulness carry me!
What carries you?
I’d love to hear 🙂
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please pray for me!!!!
i will upload prayer requests later this week when I have access to a computer :-/
… So…. Still no computer access so I will type them out:
My dear prayer Squad!
Here are a few things that I desire prayer for!
Please add any you think of:) I can’t thank you enough for partnering with me and covering my team and I with your prayers:
Health: that we would stay healthy and safe at each destination, that whatever sicknesses we encounter would be used to further the gospel.
That every situation we encounter would count – o the glory of God
That our team would have grace with eachother and that we would have unity of mind and intention
That we would have wisdom and understanding in each situation
That we would stay emotionally and spiritually healthy – that He would give us words of wisdom and encouragement for eachother
That I would have a few close girls that would be a source of laughter, wisdom, and discipleship for me – and that the Lord would give me girls for whom I could be that for
That I would have time to refresh my energy
That I would learn more about who God is, who I am to Him, and what my calling is in life
That I would learn at least one new manual skill and grow in my relational ability with others – that I would have courage!
That God would give me songs to write
That God would prepare every heart – for those we will encourage and work with, ours to receive what they will also pour into us, for those who don’t know Him yet who we will encounter –
*sigh*
I don’t want to ask this but I think I should: Please pray that there never comes a point on the race when I am not needing God to come thru in ways that only He can.
Please pray for me and for my team! It’s the most essential thing I need for this next year!
I will continue to post prayer requests as needed!
Thanks so much for joining my Squad in prayer!
