We were asked to write a blog about how we were called to this mission trip. Here is my story….
Mission work has been my hearts desire for years, since my teens, that’s also when I decided that I needed a ‘real job.’ And decided I knew what was best for me and ignored the life God called me to.
I grew up in a home in love with Jesus. But even though I knew the stories and sang the songs, went through the movements, I didn’t know Him. It was my very early twenties had that I had the personal relationship with Him.
I actually was looking around for vacation ideas…I wanted to go away, the more I looked the more the Lord just pressed upon me to look into mission trips. So I googled mission trips for twenties (thank God for the people at Google) and there was AIM right at the top. So after looking at all the options and when they left, where they went, for how long…what fit my schedule what didn’t…
I wasn’t looking for something so long. I had to pray hard about it…we were actually having a prophet speak at our home fellowship and I told God this is it, tell me today. Well He didn’t come right out and tell me like I wanted. I have to laugh because I wanted the spoken in deep voice with angelic voices singing in the background the heavens open up and I get the ‘Yes, Jessica’ moment. What I got was a message on Joseph and what coat are you wearing??? What? Not as clear as I wanted, the Lord asking me what coat am I wearing, am I wearing my first, second or third coat…I was shedding my second coat and was itching to put on my third.
So a few more days of praying, and nervous anticipation, I spoke to my parents about it, encouraged them to pray about it. I told them you have 7 days; I want to finish my application on Sunday. So 7 days later, I finish my application and start the process.
And here I am abiding in the call.
