Anyone who knows me, knows that my desire is to help people. I honestly can’t explain it, because its always been there. I cant say that its a trait that I have picked up in the last three years of ministry that I have been able to be apart of. But rather it is something deep seated inside of my very being. When I was really little I would always want to help. Whether it was something as simple as setting up or tearing down something at the church, or helping at home or friends homes. I just could not get enough of it. From a very young age I felt a very strong pull to tell people about Jesus. And I would learn with time and a more passionate pursuit of God, that this desire in me would only grow stronger.. And over the years I can say without a doubt it has. More than just a burning desire, it has slowly become a realization that this is who God has called me to be. To be burdened for others and fight for them.
This revelation if you would like to call it that, comes with many different challenges that I did not see coming. First off let me state that if you are a child of God and you have the realization that he loves you unconditionally and that you have been set apart, that totally changes the narrative. You go from wanting to help people for the benefit of you or what you can do. To utterly going to war for them in prayer and battling with them. When you have experienced true freedom and the magnificent, passionate, beautiful love of God it becomes impossible to just keep it to yourself. When God awakens you to the devastation and darkness that is all around, but then tells you that you can do something about it because you are a light bearer. He has called all of us as believers to go into those dark hopeless places and shine the light of Christ. I have found that the light of Christ not only burns away the dark, but also puts a burning desire for change in your heart. The things that you once thought were okay God say needs to change.
So for the past three years of my young adult life God has been pin-pointing and changing things in my heart. What was once okay, is no longer okay. What was once enough, is no longer enough. The fear that used to cripple is now a driving force to explore the unknown. The apathy that I fought, has become a burning fire to do something, anything if it be in the name of God. For too long I have lived for me. I am ready to abandon all in the pursuit of him.
Which brings me to World Race through Adventures in Missions. Never have I felt a stronger pull or call to action, than I did when I heard about the world race. When I applied I never thought that I would get accepted, but I did. God knew what he was doing. So now for the first time in my life, I am embarking on a journey. I am letting go of the things that kept me bound. I am pursuing God with everything that I have inside my bones. I am joining a fight that has been 24 years in the making. When I was born, I truly believe that I was born for this purpose. To see God absolutely wreck me and those around me. I am choosing to die to my flesh, because this trip is not for me, but rather its for those that God will be willing to let me impact. I consider it a privilege and an honor to embark on such a journey.
In August 2017 I will be leaving for eleven months.Through the course of those eleven months I will be a part and directly impact eleven different countries. I will be impacting India, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia. What I will be doing will vary from country to country. One month I might be helping to build a school or church. The next I might be helping in orphanages and speaking life to the little ones and letting them know how precious they are and how much God loves them. The next month I might be doing to door ministry and praying over the sick and afflicted. The next month I may be dealing with human trafficking victims in Thailand or Cambodia. All I do know is how much I will be able impact and help those who God loves so dearly. The ones that the World may have forgotten. God has sent me to go and find his lost sheep. And to be planted firmly in him, and to point the way to him.
I know that God has called me to be a tree. To be firmly rooted in him immovable by the storms of life. To be a place of safety and shelter for those who seek it. To provide a place for someone to lean if they need to rest up against me. And for God to use my leaves to breath new life into the atmosphere.
Isaiah 61:3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion– to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
So with all this in mind, I understand that this is a large undertaking. But to those God calls he equips.
I ask that as I prepare for this journey, that you would be in prayer for me and those that I will encounter, and also for financial support.
I will be organizing fundraisers and also be reaching out to those who would be willing to partner with me in this.
I thank you for taking the time to read this and hearing my hearts cry behind this.
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May God Bless you!
