We were asked to write a blog on how we were called to this mission trip. Here is my story…
I heard the Lords voice saying, “Whom can I send? Who will go for us?” So I said, “Here I am, Send me!” Then the Lord said, “Go and tell this to the people: ‘You will listen and listen, but you will not understand. You will look and look, but you will not learn.’ Make the minds of these people dumb. Shut their ears. Cover their eyes. Otherwise, they might really understand what they see with their eyes and hear with their ears. They might really understand in their minds and come back to me and be healed.”
I wish it was that easy…. and I was that willing.
(this is my visual… God had me prepared… but I wasn’t willing to go… )
Ever since I can remember I’ve always had small talks with my family and friends on how I’d love to do long term missions. It always came down to “oh well”, or just not knowing where to start. Then more recently it was my career, relationships, and my house. I’ve done short term trips as a youth and as a leader over the past several years, but always left with a heavy heart and the burden to stay involved. I feel that God just lays missions on some of our hearts. For some of us it may be down the street, or across the state…. but for others it’s across the globe. I was one of those that always said why would you go around the world when the people in your own backyard need the same thing. Obviously my feelings have changed as I embark on the World Race. The bottom line is that God has a different calling for each one of us.
I’ve been in real estate for 4 years now, and I love it. That’s what I never understood… as much as I liked my job I always knew that there was something more. It wasn’t until a friend randomly sent me the World Race website that I knew what that was. I immediately heard that little voice… yet looked for every reason why I shouldn’t go. I caved into doing the right thing and turned it over to the Man…. and He told me to pack my backpack and get in shape… physically, emotionally, and most important spiritually. This has all happened so fast, I just applied a couple weeks ago and as far as I know am one of the last ones to be accepted… I need all of your prayers and support leading up to August as I have a lot to do!
I want to challenge those of you reading this and supporting me that while I am gone you pray, asking God what it is that He wants for you and for your life. Ask God to reveal to you ways you can be a missionary where you are.
