Leaving is hard. We all know that one. Saying goodbyes can be the hardest thing we do, especially to family. Especially when things just begin to feel at home! When i said goodbye to my parents and family, it was hard, but of course, it’s a see ya later! I’ll be home eventually. But I’ve made family here in Lesotho. It feels like home. And it feels like we’ve just started to get in the swing of things and have unity!! Like Jon and Jaime, I know I’ve definitely said before they’re the brothers I never had. Truly I care about them so much, and when we had to say goodbye to them that was one of the hardest moments of my life. I truly think I will be back there one day, and we have their whatsapp and address to send letters, but we’ll never all be here at the same time again, which is a hard thing to grasp. When I had to leave, I was pissed and didn’t understand why I got to meet some of the coolest kids I’ve ever met, but only get to know them for a few weeks.
I love our little home. I love the people here, all so kind and wanting to listen. I thank God for bringing us to this small, rural Malealea valley. We’ve brought 30 people to Christ in this month. The Lord is working here and working on all the hearts. Africa 4 Jesus, the base we stay at, is a discipleship school. I can’t wait to see the continual impact of this base and the church that meets here. I think it’s okay to be sad about goodbyes, but if you think about the things we were able to do here, we can only be thankful for where God has brought us. You have pain that you have to endure. And it sucks really hard. This world is filled with a lot of things that suck. But the thing that gets me to stop crying is the fact that someday I will be with our creator in Heaven. He’s with me always, but one day, that waiting will be done. I’m going to go home to Him and be with all my friends there. I’m going to get to see pure joy, the way He intended it to be.
A verse I’ve been reading a lot recently is Hebrews 12:1-2. Speaking so much truth in the fact that there have been so many amazing prophets, evangelists, and missionaries before us that have given their life’s up for His kingdom, so it has to be pretty awesome, right? What’s stopping us? In knowing this, we can continue this race the Lord has set for us, individually and all different, by looking towards Christ’s perfect faith. For He endured pain above pain for us to be able to be brought home to our Father. His sacrifice of dying the most gruesome death for us to live eternally with our Savior gives me something to weep about other than a sad thing of this world. That is the most important thing to ever happen, and I love being able to meet different people and tell them this!!! Tell them that they’re God’s children just as much as I am, and He wants you, He’s waiting for you! Gosh, just sometimes I can’t believe what I’m doing. It’s crazy that I’ve had this much support and that I’m doing this every day.
I’m not sure if this blog post made much sense, I’m not that great at like, organizing papers, I always really didn’t like English class. I kinda just say what’s on my mind and what God’s putting on my heart, so I hope you guys enjoy that!!! Basically, I really love the World Race and everything I’m doing here and the people I get to live with and meet are awesome. I’m currently heading to Johannesburg, South Africa for a few days, then we get on a flight to India! My team and I are going to be placed in a city named Ongole on the East Coast. I chose this route because I felt called towards India and Nepal, so I’m so excited for the next 4 months in these countries!!!!! Please continue to pray for each of our hearts to stay centered on why we’re here and what we’re here to do! Pray for sickness not to enter my squad that we can do ministry without any problems!!! Please pray also that something huge happens and we can make an impact on these people!!! I feel that God is truly going to work these next months through my awesome squad. So exciting!!!
