We were asked to write a blog on OUR EXPECTATIONS of the Mission Trip to Come… and I wrote what I was expecting…. Some worry… some concern… but as I read on about the World Racers out there now for Him… I ask God.

God! What do you Expect from me? How do you Expect me?

I read these accounts of pain, poverty, prostitution and I ask You God… what are You going to do with me? 

How do You expect me to be of use to You?

Am I going to be Strong enough to get through this?

I hurt SO bad now for what I see and read…

How will I be for You when I am in it?

God I know I am suppose to Go for You and that You will be with me through it all… BUT GOD… BUT GOD… this is SO much. SO much to take on! SO much to leave behind.

You have more for me… I know and I feel… and Lord I understand that “for much is given, much is expected, much is received”

With Your blessings will come some Responsibility…

God… I am fully coming to realize You See More in me than I see in myself… 
I pray that I flourish for You. 
Because it is only for You that I Go. 

This is beyond me… and the situations I read about, the positions I will soon find myself in are not anything I would ever choose for myself.  
God. My heart hurts… hurts already for your lost children. Even the lost souls here in America… the ones that aren’t poor and poverty stricken. The ones just living day to day and not knowing You…
my heart hurts for them too.
                                                            
 
God… oh my Beautiful and Loving Jesus… Come into my heart… come into my mind… fill me Holy Spirit with all that You are… because Lord… Rachel… Rachel… Rachel…. Cannot do this alone… cannot do this without You… and ALL of You…

I pray that I am protected and covered throughout the preparation time leading into my departure for You Lord…

I don’t know where You have me headed in Your kingdom… I don’t know what You have in store for me…

But I trust that this desire in my heart for Your hurting children is so deeply infused in me for a reason… and this ALONE I know it is from You….

You HEALED me this weekend… and I had an expectant heart for You to do so… I needed to be healed, to be Available for You… Fully Available for You to Use… and Praise God You came through.
So Father…
My love to You…
My Devotion and Heart to You… My Hands and Feet to You…

My LIFE to You!

 HERE I AM!

 YOUR WILL BE DONE