Well Evening Everyone, I’m back and as you all know it’s now 2018 and I pray you all are having a fantastic start to this year. And to be honest its now just hitting me that its already past mid-January and just short of seven months till we head out on this journey of the WorldRace. There are bittersweet feelings of course, because I won’t be around my family and loving friends for 11 months, but also just as excited for what He is doing in and through me and my squad as we partner with Him to serve and expand His kingdom.
As I’m sitting here at my new go to spot @semillacoffeelab, which by the way is super awesome and a chill place to hang out at to write my blogs. Lol I’m just so overwhelmed that God has chosen me and a small group of 30+ young adults from across the country to help share His hope with those that are desperate to know of Him across the world this year.
So now the meat of the post, the past three plus weeks have been exciting and a bit different, because this holiday season was the last one that I will be around family for thanksgiving, Christmas and new year’s till august 2019. So, I made sure to really take it all in one last time. And though we know no family is perfect, it’s just so amazing that I was blessed with mine cause holidays just bring us all back to why we are here.
So to start the new year off with a splash and getting to ring it in with my amazing mom, baby sister and my entire church family was just beautiful. But it also brought back to reality that in the next couple weeks I would have to head back out to work up north. Which got me thinking of where was I heading and that I needed to set up that meeting with my bosses to tell them that I’d be leaving on the WorldRace in august. So not to leave them out of the loop and so they can be updated on when to find a replacement for when it comes time to leave. So, I was a bit overwhelm and may I remind you, this all came rushing through my mind as the clock struck midnight on December 31, 2017. And I had been seeking God on how I should go forth with it all and to plan, because I didn’t know what they would say or if they would just fire me at that moment than choose to wait till right before I launched. Then God gave me a glimpse that He had me, that I just trust him, and that there was a bit of a “twist” different path that He wanted me to take in prepping, the following day I was asked to be a part of the internship program of our youth ministry. (PartyCulture) As you’d expect I didn’t say yes right then and there, but not going to lie I wanted to lol but I wanted to seek Gods guidance first to make sure it was His decision not mine. And sure, enough this was the detour He had for me to take, but as the days passed by, it was getting closer for my date to head back to work. I started to get anxious because I didn’t know how it was going to work since I was now an intern at my church, and where I work has me leaving for weeks at a time plus I didn’t know how to let my Pastor know that I may be having to leave or if I should just give my two weeks now. I was overwhelmed once again, I didn’t want to let myself or anyone else down, so I just asked God “if this is truly Your will for me before I head out on the mission field, I know you are working everything out even though I can’t see it all laid out before me, but I am trusting your plan over mine.” And then came the week of January 8th, where we were prepping the church for our Party Culture Youth Ministry New Year Kickoff event. And not that I took my focus off the decisions I needed to make regarding work and the internship, but I was all in on serving and getting things ready with our leaders for the Kickoff. But I was just believing and trusting that He was working it out for me as I served and kept in step with growing my relationship with Him. Btw the Kickoff was a huge success, thanks to our amazing leadership from our pastors to the young people and for them giving me the opportunity of serving alongside them and a shout out to @keenanclark_ for the powerful message you brought to us!
Then came the next day, Saturday the 13th of January which was this past weekend. I got a call at approximately 12:17pm from my boss which is coincidently my neighbor. That he is going to be working for a new company till mid-July since we don’t have anything till then. Btw, He didn’t offer for me to go with him to work at that new company, which was odd at that moment because he always told me that I was one of His best mechanics but at that very moment, I knew that God had moved things around so that I can stay here and grow with my amazing, loving and ever-growing family before I leave for the WorldRace.
As I write to you all here on Wednesday evening, I’m just amazed once again on how God is always finding small and big ways to show me how good of a father He is if we just trust Him in every aspect of our lives no matter how the current situation or circumstance may make us feel. I’m just truly blessed to be able to spend my last few months before launch to serve and grow with Him here in the RGV alongside my ROLF family as He prepares me for the journey set before me.
As I close this blog of what God has been doing at this stage of preparation, I just ask one thing of each one of you. That you join me along this journey of growing His kingdom for His Honor and Glory as a prayer partner. We are still a few months away but please be praying for my team and I, that God be at the center of all we do in getting ready and being shaped to deal with all that is ahead on the field and the safety for out travels, for our families that they find it in their hearts to understand what sacrifice we are choosing to make for Gods Kingdom and that all our financial needs will be met in Jesus Name!
Thank you in advance for everything, for the support, the prayers, the financial seeds you are sowing into my ministry. God knows that not everyone can go out into the nations to share His gospel, but that is why we can sow seeds into those that can. As you all sow seeds of prayer and monetarily, know that just because you are not physically going with, you will still be there with me in spirit along my journey. I will be sharing with you, all that God is doing through your support of changing the world through His hope and peace in every city, village, tribe and nation we go into.
God bless you,
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