Month 12 has been crazy. It has felt exactly like a month on the World Race, except it's been at home with a real bed, AC, hot showers, and my friends and family. There have been unexpected changes, things went wrong logistically, I'm not doing anything that I thought I would be doing… Typical World Race fashion…
But I want to talk about what the Lord has for me next.
Starting Monday, I will be moving to Covington, Virginia, to work at the Boys Home of Virginia as a house parent. Yes, it's fast. Yes, I've barely processed what's happened over the last few weeks. And yes, I know that this is what God has for me next.
Leaving the race, I knew 3 things. I knew that I would be working in a home for boys at some point. I knew that though I REALLY wanted to feel that call to overseas long term mission work, God had confirmed many more times that the USA would be my permanent base. I knew that God was going to set up my next chapter of my life and I needed to trust Him with it. I had no idea when or where or how or how long… But I trusted and as the last two crazy weeks unfolded, I could only sit in awe of how things fell into place.
This last year, we ended up on a lot of mountain tops and I watched God doing a lot of incredible things on those mountain tops. In the mountains on the race, we saw lives transformed, we found rest in the Lord, we worshiped at the top of our lungs, we saw His provision, we saw His healing power, we felt His presence, and we felt His love over and over again. This next journey for me will be on a new mountain top and I am pumped to see what happens.
I know that this job probably won't be easy at times and that's ok. I know that it might be heart breaking and that's ok. I know that it means postponing when I will be able to see my boys in the Philippines and that's ok (reaally hard to think about, but it's ok). I know that it means saying another goodbye to friends and family after only a month of being with them and that's also hard but ok. Jesus is doing big things on the mountain where He is sending me and honestly, right now, I don't know really any details and that's ok. I'm just excited to join.
I'm ready to take this step of faith into ministry here at home and ready to pack my much larger bags and journey into month 13 and beyond. Thank you for all of your prayers and support this past year and thank you for your continued prayers and support. Seriously, this past year would not have been the same without your love.
He is a light shining in the darkness, He is a hope, hope for all the nations. He is a light. He is a light for all the world to see.
