I have heard this song many times since it had come out, but after the past year it has a whole new affect to me. Obviously, Covid and just all the hits 2020 has brought, but it also made me lose my way. I felt like I was walking around blindfolded trying to find my path, trying out each one and growing more frustrated along the way. I have said before, I knew I just needed to get back to who I was and set out on missions, but a big part of me was scared that I would get behind in school, or my loans would come back and I couldn’t pay them yet or I wouldn’t get into the one school I applied for, or just a number of other things. I was knocked down hard when I tried to stray from what I knew God had for me and searching when this song came on the radio; “beginning, let that word wash over you. it’s alright now, loves healing hands have pulled you through. so, get back up, take step one, leave the darkness, feel the sun.” Thankfully I graduated high school early and even if I didn’t, the school I get into and the path I take after this trip is already in Gods hands and man I am so grateful that I am too small to mess up the perfect plan he already has for me. I am super excited about my team as I am already getting to know so many of them and January 4th we get to launch to Nicaragua, Cambodia and Costa Rica. I will be gone for 6 months and have an interview for school over zoom while I am overseas. I don’t think my Blog is 100% updated because my fundraising goal is only $10,500 now so I’m not too far off from that either. The people that have prayed for me deeply, and donated to this trip will never know how much it really means to me. I am excited to be home for the holidays with my family for the couple months, and even more excited to launch and get back to what I know God has called me to do when he tells us to ”Go and tell the nations.” This opportunity is going to shape me greatly. I know that as many lives as I touch, they will touch me just the same.
