Nepal has proven to be such sweet month and no better way I would rather have spent month 8. There are a few realities that have hit me very hard this month, such as: I must continue chose intentionality among the tiredness, we have 3 months left in the Race, home is around the corner, seeking God daily is a necessity, comforts of home are strongly missed, and most importantly- God is not done yet. He has done so much in me and around me these 8 months, and opened my eyes to His real presence. I have seen supernatural things, and experienced the Holy Spirit in such new and wonderful ways. God has used these months to break, mold, and refine me into the daughter He desires me to be for Him and His Kingdom. I continue to seek Him daily in all I do from ministry to allowing Him to use me at any given moment.
Among the greatness of this month, I have had many emotions, thoughts, and desires of my heart come alive and thrive every second I have been here. He has shown me over the past two months what my true passions are in life and how I was made to use these passions to better the Kingdom. Those of you who know me know I have a very unique personality- and to God be the glory in the way that He created me! He has made me to share His Gospel with such boldness, as well as the gifting of never meeting a stranger. I am very outgoing and have the ability to chat with anyone anywhere; this allows me to share His name with so many who may have never heard Jesus before. Over the past 2 months these giftings have come even more alive and I have encountered such anguish for those who don’t know Christ, knowing they have the choice to chose Jesus and live with Him in eternity forever.
Doing ministry in Nepal: top left my new friend met while feeing 400 kids breakfast in a slum, top right my teammate Ashlie at a home for the abandoned of Kathmandu, bottom left little man’s fort at the children’s home, and bottom right a lady doing laundry in the local river.
A part of this passion has been revealed in the fact that I love to love on people, as well as how divinely God opens doors for me to share the Gospel with His children. I have been in Kathmandu for 2.5 weeks now and as I walk down the streets, I am greeting from many whom I have taken time to chat with. These include shop owners/workers, streets girls and boys who live on the streets, people I have shared the Gospel with, the gal who walks the streets daily offering henna (whom I received my henna from), and the guy who I bought my Nepal patch from. Everyday the Lord continues to give me more and more opportunities to share His love and tell others why I am in Nepal as a Christian missionary.
Henna with my name in Nepalese and my Nepalese grandmother; who reminded me so much of my maw maw, they are the same height.
I am still seeking Him daily for His plan after the Race and for the ways He plans to use me for His Kingdom. He has offered me such peace and comforts this month as He reveals so much to me. I have found that deciding to say “Yes!” to Him is the only thing I have to offer and to give my life up to His service. I will allow Him to use my life in whatever capacity He desires from me. I lay it all down at His feet and cross knowing His ways are for the very best for my life. I ask for continual prayer in seeing God’s Plan for my life and for doors to be opened to my calling to His Kingdom.
