When I was a little girl I had a dream I was in Mrs. Hoffman’s second grade class, there was a National Geographic magazine cover that had “AFRICA” written on it and a little girl standing naked on a dirt road, a hut in the background (what i assumed to be her home), and she had what I now know as an umbilical hernia on her tummy. Over the years and even now I’ve had the image of that little girl in my head and she has never left, she never will. Will I meet her one day? I believe I will. Will I meet her while I’m in Africa for 4 months next year? Maybe. I truly believe that Africa National Geographic cover sparked something inside my soul and every fiber of my being to help the least of these in other countries. Is there a need in America? Absolutely, 100 and 50 million percent yes. I would be a fool to say no. But the commandment that Jesus speaks of in Matthew 28 says go to the nations. I get the honor, privilege, and beautiful opportunity to be apart of 11 different nations to spread the love of Jesus to those who have never heard of him next year. People ask me what I will be doing in these countries, while ministry will look different in each country/community we are in, our number one mission will be to love the least of these like Jesus did. Through our actions, our words, humbling ourselves to knowing and living in their culture, and laying our lives down for an entire year for the sake of the gospel. I’m fully submitting myself under God’s authority and this trip over to him because I believe with every part of me this is my next step in life that he is calling me into. I honestly feel like a crazy person for going after something so much bigger than me. But there isn’t any place I will go in this world he hasn’t already been. There isn’t anyone in this world I will meet that he doesn’t already love.
What I need more than anything in preparation for this trip are people to rally up behind me and partner with me in prayer. Pray bold prayers. Ephesians 3:20 prayers. Miracles that only he can do. That he would provide immeasurably more than I could ever ask, dream, think, or imagine.
I am $2,860.25 shy from meeting my first financial goal that is due one week from today! God is working a miracle in my life and I believe he will come through and finish what he has started in me. If you feel led to give financially, just simply click the donate button at he top of this page. And if you haven’t done so already please subscribe to my blog, this will be the easiest way to follow me on my journey!!
Would you, yes you reading this join me on this journey and partner with me in prayer as I embark and dive head first into the calling God has for me?
Thank you for reading,
-Lauren
