Hello everyone, Month 9 is almost over. I know you all have your own lives and are busy. So, I thank you for keeping up with my blogs and if you haven’t that’s ok too. We all have to stay present where we are at. Also, thank you for praying for me. Your prayers are working! I am doing great and I feel at peace most of the time.
We are almost done! We land back in the states on November 23rd. I am excited and sad because I know I will miss this community and the atmosphere that we have. I know this is really special and I will probably never experience anything like this again. I am surrounded by people who love Jesus even though we are in close proximity, which is hard at times but amazing! Not including the traveling to 11 different countries in 11 months. It has been up and down. Mostly up though since Month 6. I feel good.
Although I may feel this way not everybody does. So please be praying for our squad that we all buy into unity and loving each other no matter the circumstances. I don’t want anybody to miss something God wants to do in their life because they were not present and engaged.
This month is all squad month, so we are all together. It has been a lot of fun playing cards and just hanging out.
This month for ministry our squad has split up duties. My group has helped AIM in Swaziland with agriculture. Other groups are doing care points, administration, or maintenance. We all help with care points on Saturdays. At the care points we play with kids and just interact with the people there. The kids love the attention. They really need it.
Agriculture is a big part of this culture. Almost every homestead has a garden of some kind and chickens. So far, my group has taken down a barbed wire fence, planted, watered, and weeded. We have cut down trees for them to make room for new electric fences. I have done a lot of praying for Swaziland, since my ministry isn’t evangelism.
The Lord has continually laid on my heart since Cambodia “prayer and fasting”! I believe that’s how a revival in America will come about. I didn’t believe that months ago and even now I’m only warming up to the idea. I want to do something! Not just pray. Like James 1 says those who do what God says will be blessed. Well prayer is one of those things. I cannot deny that when people prayed and fasted in the Bible, things happened. People got answers, they saw visons and angels spoke to them. Finally. miracles took place following all of that. You could miss it in Scripture if you are not careful.
I have heard of revivals happening because of prayer and fasting, even though I cringe when I think about fasting. It has been tough for me. I started about a year and a half ago. But more recently I have been doing it regularly. I don’t know if it will ever be easy, but I know I am saying to God I want Heaven to come down on Earth when I fast. Lord I know that more than food, you sustain me Lord! The Bible says that we live because of Him and His word. By His word we were here. It is a realization that God is keeping us alive. It is so hard for us to recognize God in all things. But He is in our lives more than we know. Fasting helps us realize this, I’m not sure how exactly, but I am learning more about why God asks us to fast. It will open up my spiritual eyes and it will for you if you buy into it.
Even just prayer is really good and through it I am finding new ways to connect with God. Like through praise and worship or just sitting and listening to Him. Corporate prayer as well is something I am trying to integrate into my life more. The apostles prayed together a lot. It is powerful and not using a formula, but just letting the Holy Spirit lead is way more beneficial. When we don’t pray on a regular basis we are saying we don’t need God. When I pray I realize my need for God and that I love him.
So that’s what I’ve been learning. I will only get this opportunity once and this may be the only opportunity for me to be in these countries so I want to tell people about Jesus and make a difference. It’s really funny how God works. He uses situations to get us to think totally differently. Even as a missionary I am learning about the little things and waiting for my time to speak. I didn’t imagine myself doing agriculture work and fighting for the Kingdom in PRAYER before the race. Although He did tell me before the race that I am still being molded. I guess I still need to listen! Hah.
Prayer requests: That our squad would be unified. Jesus said love one another, they will know ME by your love for one another. pray against a spirit of irritation.
