There are a lot of reasons that I feel I have been called to the mission field.
In 2007 I went on a missions trip to Thailand for a month and it was a difficult but life changing month. I went to Thailand with Real Impact Missions and my group consisted of 17 girls and 2 leaders. During our stay there we taught english in schools, went to Buddhist temples and had prayer walks there, went to many different orphanages for young girls saved from being sold into prostitution and mostly we let Christ lead us to the people who were in need the most. Perhaps the most memorable experience was our stay at the Sila Home Ministry in Chaing Mai. After the 4 hour sung-tao trip we made it to The Sila Home which was in a rural setting with rice paddy’s as far as the eye could see and some of the most beautiful mountains I’ve ever seen. None of us knew what to expect but as soon as we go there we were immediately accepted by the owns of the ministry whom we affectionately called Mah and Pah. During our stay I learned what it was like to live my days in total devotion to Christ. Even though it was 3 years ago I remember our schedule there like it was yesterday.
5 am–Wake up and morning worship
545 am–chores
630 am–help kids get ready for school
715 am–breakfast
8 am–quiet time
9 am–work (laying concrete drive way)
12 pm–lunch
1 pm–work
430 pm–kids come home from school
5 pm–show and get ready for dinner
530 pm–dinner
630 pm–free time
8 pm–praise and worship
9 pm–group meeting
10 pm–lights out
The days were long but just being there in the presence of Christ with some of the most faithful Christian’s I have ever met, the long days did not seem to matter at all. The only things that mattered were the people we were helping and that it was Christ that led us to this amazing place. The Thai people of the Sila Home truly understand what it means to live by faith and when I stayed with them I began to understand that having faith in God is one of the most important elements in having a relationship with Him. The bonds that I made with the people of the Sila Home won’t ever be forgotten, the way they love and worship God is unlike anything I had ever seen in my life before and to this day, I still haven’t seen anything that measures up to it. It was a life changing place where I learned to trust God for the first time and that is something I won’t ever forget.
Ever since my short trip to Thailand I have had a heart to go where God leads me to go. I have a big heart for women and children that have been or are abused or sold into sex trafficking or prostitution. I was abused when I was younger. Through that experience I have learned that there is not amount of darkness that God can’t overcome and He shown me that over the past 2 years. I feel like God has led me to the missions field to bring light into a world that is plagued with darkness…and I have lived in darkness and know the horror that comes along with it and I want to show people that it is possible to live in the light of Christ.
