This month has probably one of my hardest months on the race. I have really struggled with everything going on here. Our ministry was not very structured and I realized that I need structure more than I thought I did. But I have grown this month as I knew I was in the B zone so I knew I had to fight to get out of it. I struggled with wondering why I am here a lot, with my grandad dying I just didn’t know if this was were I was supposed to be because I wanted to be home with my family and the comforts that that brings, but the Lord has called us to be uncomfortable. Jesus has showed me a lot of things in uncomfortable situations this month, like through worship. Growing up I always thought that the worship team was the coolest part about church, but I never thought that I was qualified to do it, so this month of being uncomfortable with the Lord he told me I needed to lead worship, so with that I lead worship for the first time in front of people. It was such an encouraging moment in my walk with the Lord because I was taken to a whole new level of worship that I had never experienced. Even though I could have done that not leading I think that it’s exactly what I needed to be doing in this slum. On New Years Eve I asked the Lord to take me out of the B zone because I couldn’t take the sadness and unhappiness anymore. So by midnight that night I was out of the B zone, I felt like a new woman, I was so excited for everything the Lord had in store for me for this next year of life. It’s such a good thing to be able to be walking into this new year with the Lord by my side and doing his work.
As some of you know my team and I are headed to Myanmar next week, please be praying for us as we travel there, and that the Lord does amazing things through our month there!
Love, Gracie
