Ok Well Hello Everyone,
I know it has been quite some time since i have been here writing a blog, but i am here and want you all to know i am alive and doing well.
I am in Battambang Cambodia and Can’t Believe its been a month here, living in Cambodia orin other words the bode life has been so great i don’t even know where to begin. God has just blessed me in so many ways then i can imagine. So lets take it back to the start of the journey to traveling wow that was a wild time and the longest i have ever been on a plane, and taken to get to another place. I absolutely couldn’t do this without all 55 members on my squad there was always excitement and fun from talking to complete strangers, having dance Parties in the airport, playing With foreign babies on the plane, to head butting people with my neck pillow you can see that there was never a boring time for me. Finally starting this journey was something so beautiful. Like God already got me and recked me when it came to the first flight to pray for the flight attendants to our last flight sharing the gospel with a Chinese girl who barely understood what i was saying.. I’m not sure if she completely got it well at least i got to plant seeds.
so i know you are wondering what the conditions are like here in the bode well let me tell Ya, so like i said there is 55 of us living in one house, we all have little areas on the floor on our different colored sleeping pads, with 4 fans for us all. It can be really hot and frustrating at times trying to fall asleep in the heat with all these other girls, but in the same sense God has blessed me in so many ways by having everyone together in close living quarters.
when i think of life in Cambodia, luxury isn’t the first word that comes to my mind but something i wish came to my mind. When we are here i continually ask myself what i am trying to make much of? Am i trying to make much of christ or my selfish desires? What am i passionate seeing celebrated and enjoyed? When forgetting to remind myself of these questions i can do things daily that others are already doing. Here in Cambodia we as a squad have talked so much of having a kingdom mindset- instead of having a mindset that is focused of things of this world. What place does the king and kingdom have here in Battambang? well back in the earlier years of life Refrigerators were something that only the rich could own- it was considered very pricy however later on in life the demands for fridges became higher and the price was less which allowed most people in the world to eventually own this product. Today a fridge is considered an essential to a home. Refrigerator might seem strange but i feel a lot of time this is what happens we store everything inside, we want to keep comfortable with the things of life- BE OPEN- LET OTHERS KNOW… thinking about home if i ever wanted anything to eat i could go to my frige and i have the luxury to pick out anything i wanted. I can choose to eat as much or as little as i wanted- in a life i can share or keep things in- but i know god has called me to give all my luxuries and desires that are stored in my refrigerator to him. Trust me all our pictures are on Gods fridge in Heaven, and i can’t wait to see mine! God is the only one that will give us everything, he will know that is happening in the midst of everything- and its best to see god at the center of it all.
so food for thought here.. is this good for my soul or for your soul and the souls of all the people around me? am i thinking here of the beauty in all of this? we are made to look at the beauty and luxuries of life. It possible as i have seen in so many ways to see and surround ourselves in beauty without being rich- because of Jesus we are filled with his Rich Love and all the beauties and luxuries that well will ever need. In all of this also while doing ministry Gods beauty is effective in this ministry? so freezer, fridegrator- most of the world doesn’t even have this luxury. It is so efficient when we know Jesus because he will make use of our time more productively and we will see his beauty in everything. when looking a life if it big and beautiful and not thinking about all what we need to be more wealthy. In this we are living with the luxuries of life by living full of him. We need to look to Gods word because those are the words we need to be fed by.
we need have faith and let god decide how he will provide for us. I have truly been learning about desires and how to proclaim gods excellences- Peter 2:9. I love that God ha called me to recognize the beauty and satisfaction that is found in this culture and all over the world.
