As I said in my previous blog, I will no longer be going to China or Mongolia. It is a major bummer but I now have a lot of peace about it.
We actually were able to make the choice of going to Indonesia as a team. When they broke the news about the route change they told us that we as teams were able to pray and make the choice on where we should go between Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Spoiler alert— we obviously chose Indonesia.
Right after they said Sri Lanka I just couldn’t get the country out of my brain. My team and I decided to not talk about it for 24 hours, pray on it, and then get back together to make a decision. We were going to spend time together in listening prayer and then cast votes.
I felt in my spirit as I prayed that I would be the lone wolf. I felt that it was going to be me against my team. I knew that I was going to have to trust the Lord and trust my team.
That next evening when we got together we prayed and voted. As I already knew, I ended up being the only one voting for Sri Lanka. I wrote on my vote “Sri Lanka- but I trust the Lord and his voice over my team mates.” And that is still true today. I have so much peace about going to Indonesia and I have so much peace about where God is taking us.
And that is the point. God is taking us to Indonesia. I don’t want to go anywhere that he isn’t.
I have learned so much this month about trusting the Lord. It is SO HARD, but it is so rewarding. Through this I have found so much refuge in him and so much unity with my teammates.
Please continue to pray for my team and me.
Xoxo,
Emily
