So hey guys, it’s been crazy.
I’ve finished my first month on the World Race. I’m no longer in Nepal we’ve been in India for debrief for a couple of days now.
I’m trying to remember where I left off but it’s not coming easily to me. And the wifi won’t work here for me to check what I’ve already written.
Tomorrow we leave for our place of ministry, the place I’ll be at for weeks upon weeks until it’s September. Goodness it’s crazy how much time has passed. We’ve finished our WHOLE ENTIRE month! I have already marked a country off the list.
It’s incredibly hard to believe that I told God yes. Yes, I’ll leave my family; Yes, I want to only have four shirts that I wear over and over again. Yes, I want to live in a community of 43 crazy people. Yes, I want to be able to go no where by myself. Yes, I want to commit to no dating or pursuing for a year. Yes, I want to see new ministries and Christians pursuing The Lord everywhere. Yes, I want my heart to break slightly when leaving. each.and.every.month
Yes, Lord I want you to break me. Break me of my flesh. Yes, Lord I want you every morning. Yes, Lord give me a team that will love each other, encourage, and show me what it means to be vulnerable. A team of 6 beautiful individuals that will go separate ways after these next 10 months.
This next month Team Fearless Love will be teaming up with the ladies of PAC working at Sarah’s Covenant Home. It’s a children’s home for children with difficulties and disabilities. The moment Kevin told us what our ministry would be there there were smiles all around. If you know me at all you know I work with kids. Their innocence and joy for life and the way they just need love. Ah it’s just so good! To have this opportunity to love on and serve these children that no one seems to know what to do with, I cannot wait to start!
Prayer:
This month is all squad month which means all 43 of us will be living together working separate ministries but it will be a learning process investing in other teams and still being a team of 6. We were by ourselves, as in we didn’t see any other part of our group for 3 weeks last month. It’s just going to be different.
India is a country of a lot of spiritual warfare. If you want to be praying that this Baptist girl can learn how to be a warrior for our Lord, that would be amazing! I’m so excited to see Him work in amazing ways just completely unused to this.
The village Fearless Love was in last month is currently dealing with the possibility of a flood. We’re a little fuzzy on the details but the river that runs alongside the house we were staying at and a good portion of the many villages apparently has been flooding and causing mudslides. Our ministry contact is having to deal with the very real possibility of losing their house. 200 are missing, 20 were confirmed dead. Prayer for these people we were able to be with just last week would be appreciated.
We have been absolutely spoiled staying in a hotel, with air conditioning, beds and only a 15 minute walk to the coffee shop, an wi-fi and HOT showers!! AND western toilets!!! (Ann Elise, I think of you every time we have to go scout out the bathrooms. I rate them on the Ann Elise scale. These toilets are the first I’ve found in a month that would receive a thumbs up from you) I feel prepared and rested for anything now.
How is it August!?!
We should have more access to wifi this month being not nearly as much in the sticks so I’m hoping to be able to update on a more regular basis. I’ll try to put my words down on “paper” more often!
