12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because
you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in
love, in faith and in purity. 1Tim
4:12
But I am among ten beautiful young women who are not the
next generation, but are part of the generation now because they are choosing
to not wait to change the world.
These amazing young women are stepping out of the norm and are taking a
stand.
They have given up a month of their lives to serve
others. They have given up their
cell phones, computers, facebook, and tv.
They are willing to live without air conditioning in the middle of
summer. They are willing to give
up their personal rights and expectations to be part of community. They are willing to take off the mask
the world says they have to wear to be truly vulnerable with their team. They have given up their freedom to do
what they want and go where they want.
They are giving it all to Jesus.
They have shared their brokenness with each other. They have
admitted their failures and faults.
They have loved each other in their imperfections. They have chosen to let Jesus over take
their lives. They have taken
disappointment on the chin and rolled with it.
These beautiful young women have done all of this to allow
Jesus to take a hold of their lives and totally break and transform them. They are seeking so much more than what
the world has to offer. They do
not want to just survive through life, but live it abundantly.
So many people put limits on what teenagers can do or
handle, but God does not put limits on them. We have ten incredible young women who have struggled
through to be able to be used by Jesus now. They are not waiting until they are adults, have a college
education, and have more life experience.
They are doing something now to bring hope to a broken world.
They have not just come to Thailand to work with women in
the bars; they have come to be transformed so that they can be an agent of
Jesus’ love, hope, and peace everywhere they go.
I realized very quickly at training camp that these young
women were my ministry. They have
captured my heart. I care more
about pouring into them then even going into the bar area and ministering
there. They have impressed me in
their desire to seek God and serve him.
They are finding who they are in Christ and identifying their callings
now instead of having to do it in their 20’s like I did. I desire so much to help them discover
their identity in Christ and encourage them each day we are here.
Be looking out for these amazing young women to change the
world!
