It was hot, really hot! My shirt was sticking to my back and I sweated freely. My hair was sticking up everywhere, completely frizzed out. I sat on the bus trying to control my emotions, I tried not to let anyone see it but I think I failed miserably with that. I decided to open my window and wave one last time. I laid eyes on all of them one last time, those I came to love. My eyes locked on the man who said to me all week “No Bueno! Do it again”, I probably laid one row of bricks over and over again at least twenty times before I perfected it to his standards. He was tough but honestly I enjoyed it, I like making myself better at something and he helped me do that. I met his eyes and I saw that he understood, his eyes were red, tears were pushing their way out. May we meet again, in this life or the next. I withdrew back into the bus and buried my head trying to keep my heart in one piece but it was impossible, a piece of it stayed there.
Prayer is a daring venture; you can never fully be prepared for HIS answer. If only you ask, HE will take you for the ride of your life. Maybe it’s not what you had in mind but you’ll never be the same. I remember that before I went to Honduras, during the plane ride, in the hotel and during everything happening I prayed a very simple prayer. “LORD fill me with your love! Isn’t that why I’m here to show people how much you love them? Show me LORD how much you love them, and let it spill out from my very soul.” I didn’t realize what I was in for. The word Love is an understatement for what HE feels for us, how can only one word describe it?
Only two weeks! I was there for only two weeks, how is it even possible to Love people that much where your heart feels like it hurts when you look at them? Because of the language barrier I was unable to have any intimate conversations with anyone, some I just glanced at on the street and felt the same heartache. The answer… it wasn’t my love. Honestly I think it’s impossible for any of us to Love that much, especially for someone you never even met. Jesus answered my prayer, my heart ached and pounded as though it wanted to escape my body and go to someone else. My soul loved and this human body could barely contain it, the body was overwhelmed so it wept.
Jesus loves us! HE loves you so immensely and HE showed me a glimpse of it. I know it was only a little, for my soul and body was not prepared to feel the immensity of HIS love for all of us. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done in your life, with your life, or if you have been ignoring HIM, HIS love is still there for you. HE is waiting for you to talk to HIM so that HE can show you this love HIMSELF, will you do it? You don’t have to go to Honduras, or across the world to feel HIM or to love like HE does, all we have to do is ask, HE wants you to ask.
“If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you, says the LORD.” (Jeremiah 29:13-14)
I have felt a new calling, one that will take me to 11 different countries in 11 months, will you go with me? I will tell people of this very love Jesus has for them, I will tell them of the love letter HE wrote them called the Gospel. But I can’t unless I have help from those willing to partner with me through prayer and financial support. Through this new venture called The World Race a program of Adventures in Missions, my team and I will serve in partnership with churches and ministries in local communities to preach the Gospel, plant churches, work in orphanages, minister to women and children trapped in prostitution as a result of human trafficking, and bring the restorative hope of the Father’s love to many tribes and nations.
I will face many challenges all throughout the World Race, but as I prepare for my departure, one of my greatest challenges is my financial support. Like most other missions organizations, World race participants are required to fundraise financial support. In order to leave fully funded in January 2017, I need to raise over $17,000. This money will cover all of my field expenses for the 11 months of the trip. As I take this large step of faith in trusting the LORD, would you prayerfully consider joining me? Even a little would help. If you feel led to donate there is a donation button on the top right corner of this blog, it will guide you in the steps.
Just know that all donations are tax-deductible, there are no refunds under any circumstances but I have full confidence that I will be going on this mission trip for God, whether this will happen in January 2017 or a later date. However, I can’t do it without your help because I know God calls people to work together. HE invites us into interdependence with each other, to bring us up in the truth that we are not our own. It is his design that we rely on each other, that we may be closer to Him. This is a truth that I have always had a hard time accepting coming from the independent mind set the United States culture imposes on us, it’s hard for me to ask for help. Though I know God is prompting me to ask so I must. Will you help me spread the Gospel to those who have never felt HIS love?
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God Bless
