GOD IS SO REAL, Don’t forget it!
A big part of my teams ministry this month is to visit Chiang Mai University during lunch hour everyday. Our goal is to get to know students and build relationships with them. Last week was an awesome week! I was super excited about this ministry because I met a couple of girls that I really felt that we had a strong connection. So we exchanged emails and planned to meet again on Monday for lunch. My teammate Hannah and I both showed up on Monday for lunch looking for the girls Yin Yin and Ya Kauk, but could not find them anywhere! We were really bummed, because we really felt like God had placed us in their lives for a reason. So the next couple days we were still looking for them but had no luck. I found myself not even wanting to go to the ministry because I would just get let down again. I didn’t understand why they weren’t showing up if God wanted us to talk with them. I kept asking God “whats the deal?”
So, today my team decided to try a different approach before we headed to the campus. We decided to take a few moments and “Ask the Lord”(ATL our team’s lingo!) to give us instruction leading us to where he wants us to go. Immediately after I closed my eyes, the words “green shirt” popped into my head. I ignored it at first because I thought it was just me saying that. I often doubt and forget to truly listen to the Holy Spirit. So I put that thought in the back of my mind and kinda forgot about it. Then we headed to the cafeteria and we each found a group of people to sit with. I tried to sit down at a table with a few people and they told me the seat was taken, so I went to sit with my teammate Miranda. She had started up a really good conversation with the girls at her table and here I was sitting there eating feeling rejected and like I wasn’t really making a difference. At that moment I felt like I really needed to pray. So I closed my eyes and asked God to lead me and show me what to do. I then opened my eyes and saw a girl in front of me wearing a green shirt!
Her back was facing me so I couldn’t see her face. I wanted to get up and approach her because I felt a nudge from the Holy Spirit telling me to. I again hesitated asking “is this you God?” As I was sitting there processing (or I’d like to sound spiritual and say “listening” to the Holy Spirit), I see her turn around and it was Yin Yin and her friend! My heart jumped for joy! I was so excited to see them, but at the same time recognizing that I need to learn to listen even more to the whisper of the Spirit. It is so easy to question everything and wonder if it’s really God. My whole life I have known God is real, but I truly forget How Real He is sometimes and He is so much bigger than my mind can even grasp. I have been putting him in this tiny box. He then blows my mind by orchestrating these events just so one person can see His love. I am learning that I need to trust God and respond faithfully to what He is asking me to do. It is when I start questioning and doubting that I lose focus on what God is trying to do in me. The whole Green shirt idea seemed weird at first, but truly was God! I was able to sit down and have an awesome conversation with her over lunch today and I got to know so much more about her! She is such a sweet girl and has such a beautiful Heart. She even plans on coming to hang out with my team and I on Friday this week!
Talking to her today gave me encouragement and truly was such a blessing. I am so thankful and I pray that she may see God’s love through me! Please pray for her that while she joins us this Friday for open mic night, she feels the love of Jesus!
Right now I have $6,500 and my goal is to raise $15,500. I need $2500 to reach my next fundraising deadline on Dec 1st! Please donate financially and keep me in your prayers. Thanks for your love and support!!!!!
