I just wanted to say thank you for all of the prayers and support throughout the past several months. I am on my fourth continent and almost half way through the race. I have been able to share my testimony with many people and have gotten the honor to pray for many people as well. It is honor to hear what God is doing all over the world to be the hands and feet of Jesus during this time!
I am so blessed to have built relationships with the people that I have met in every country. I believe that The Lord is moving in great ways in every country and it could not have been without your prayers, support, and love.
I have an amazing team that I dearly love. We are all men and women of God that are growing stronger everyday and learning how to live a life as Jesus did. Right now The Lord is teaching us how to love like Him.
In many ways it has been difficult because our human nature has perverted what love actually is and how conditional we make it. However, love is a universal language that is shown without words, so why wouldn't The Lord teach us this lesson as we travel around the world trying to spread His love.
What I have learned is that loving the needy and the less fortunate is much easier than loving those that know the truth but ignore what is right. Through that revelation, The Lord is teaching me that He loves everyone the same. He has shown me that we are not to love the conditions but love despite the conditions. When we understand that every person is a creation that He created for His glory we finally see beauty in even the ugliest people.
In each country I have seen the ugly and beauty through the people on the streets and people in the pews. I have found joy and heart break through seeing through these new eyes but I know that The Lord is using this to call us all to a higher calling of love.
It's not about me being happy all the time, treated with respect, felt loved, uplifted, or even heard. I have to realize that even in those conditions I still need to make the other person feel that way.
My love needs to be unconditional so if I am not happy I still need to make the other person happy. If I am not respected I still need to respect the other person. If I don't feel loved I still have to love the other person. If I don't feel heard I still need to listen to the other person etc.
The Lord has brought me through this season I believe to teach me how to love in a pure form around the world and back home. This is not easy to walk through and see through these new eyes. However, I know this season is not easy and that The Lord doesn't take me through anything that He knows I can't handle. For-instance my fundraising!
I know that The Lord has called me to finish this race and I am not worried for a second that He will not provide however, it does take the hands of His people to support me. I am praying and asking that The Lord place it on your heart if He has called you to support me. If 25 people gave $100 or 100 people gave $25 I would be fully funded. Please ask The Lord what He is calling you to do.
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Here are 2 ways you can contribute
1. Mail check donation to: Adventures In Missions, PO Box 534470, Atlanta, GA, 30353-4470
(Please make checks payable to Adventures In Missions and memo note Lauren Leabhart #nsquad
2.. Monthly donation(s) and one time donations online: Visit my blog at:laurenleabhart.theworldrace.org
Just click the “Support Me” link in the upper left side of the page and complete your donation as instructed. You can set the beginning and end date for either option.
Thank you all for your prayers, love, and support!!!!! Missing everyone xoxo
