First off, I want to thank everyone who has contributed both financially and through prayer to my mission trip! I am so overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity…it seriously blows my mind! I am also mindful that it is God who is doing all of this and has nothing to do with me, which is honestly really awesome! Also, if I haven’t mentioned it yet, I leave on October 2 from LAX airport for Guatemala…less than a month!
So anyway, I had this thought the other week about how good God is in my life. I mean, I’ve always heard the phrase growing up that “God is good all the time, and all the time God is good,” but I don’t really think I understood what it meant or what it looked like. I know God is good…God is awesome really, but what does that look like? I think this experience of fundraising has really taught me how good He really is in my life. It has also humbled me like nothing else…not to mention, made me feel more awkward and out of my comfort zone that I care for, but He has shown me that it is all well worth it.
When I went to training camp, I had just over the amount I needed ($1000). Over the last month and half, I am coming up to the $8500 mark…and that’s just in a month and a half. I NEVER imagined that I would have this much at all. Period. I know God is big, but sometimes I forget just how big.
It’s not just how good He’s been to me financially, but also with relationships back home and with my new team family. He has opened so many doors to talk to a lot of different people about my relationship with Christ and this passion He has given me for this trip. I had the opportunity of speaking at my church’s mission night this past Sunday. At the very end I got to talk about my mission trip, but my pastor also asked me to pray over the congregation. I wasn’t exactly ready for that, but he said with a smile that it’s something I need to be prepared for when I start doing mission work (and from what I’ve been told by past world racers, it is totally true). When I was praying, I could feel God talking through me because it was couldn’t have been me at all…I don’t sound THAT good! It was such a blessing to be able to share with so many people this passion that God has placed on my heart and how good he has been in these weeks leading up to me leaving.
Even with all of this…I don’t think I really know what it truly means to say God is good. I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. I think I will really not understand how GOOD He really is until I get out into these countries and see what He can really do. One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 106 and in the first verse it states: “Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his steadfast love endures forever!” I seriously cannot wait to see what He will do next. He is preparing my heart in so many ways right now and I am so anxious/scared/excited/joyous to see what is next!
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