It didn’t really hit me until we were already gone. I went out of state for college, so, leaving wasn’t unusual for me. I only came home twice a year during college, so, being gone for a long time wasn’t unusual. Yet, this time it would be a glimpse of the reality of what is to come. A full year. No breaks. I was going to be leaving St. Charles for a year, and I couldn’t have been more excited!
Since childhood, God has given me a passion for the international. When I was in elementary school I was determined to live in Australia and save the koala bears, to live in Africa and stop poaching, or to live in brazil and save the rainforest. This was no big deal to me. It was just what made sense. In high school I developed a heart for social justice. Whether it was Speech and Debate, Youth in Government or journalism there was someone’s story I needed to be telling. In college God gave me even more direction as I realized that there were many ways to give God glory through seeking sharing his heart for international justice, for his children of every nation, and the expanse of his creation.
I began the journey with the World Race seeking to better understand God’s heart for the nations, and hoping for direction as to what specific location that heart would leave me in after this year. I do not doubt that God could provide specific direction for the end of this year, but he has shown me so much more. He has taught me that each day requires trusting him, seeking him and seeking his direction in a new way.
Since leaving America I have never been bored, because God is using every moment to teach me something new about how to bring him glory. There is no doubt in mind that he wants me to continue on this journey with him. This is a new chapter in the story he has been using me to write since I was a child. The passions he gave me then have been better defined through seeking him, learning to live in childlike faith and learning to continuously be in pursuit of him!
Next month our squad is heading to Malaysia; a country approximately 89% Muslim. Yet, as of now I will be heading to America. I am approximately $3,500 way from our December 1st deadline of $11,000.
Here is where you come in. God’s international ministry through our squad is in need of your support both in prayer and in finances.
If you feel led to give to God’s work through me this year please click on this link: For His Glory!
God is not finished with the work he has for us internationally this year. I am excited to see what he does through this heart in the coming weeks! I truly believe this year is a glimpse into the years of International ministry ahead, and I am overjoyed to seek God each day as he better defines this in me!
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage, so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body whether by life or by death. ~Philippians 1:20
