I can’t believe It
We are in our last week of ministry and all I can say is…
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT
In less than a month you have helped me fundraise just over a thousand dollars!
I’m grateful to God for your consistent support and generous giving. There is a quote I heard in a sermon that says, “The right moments foster the right momentum”. Your giving, prayers, and support have been the very ingredients leading to both the right moments and momentum in ministry with the World Race.
When I first began this journey I didn’t know how or even if the funds would come in but I decided to lean into GOd’s voice and the direction he was leading me. Some of you may have read in my World Race letter that after graduating in 2012 I planned to serve in the Peace Corp. I completed every stage of the application and was finally being placed…
GUESS WHERE
That’s right Lesotho, Africa!! But I felt it wasn’t right for a mixture of reasons: spiritually, emotionally and I wanted to be home in support of my family. That was a tough desicion for me and I don’t even remember fully processing how I felt. But I had invested so much energy and time in the process of applying. I also had gotten accepted, so thoughts never stopped floating in the back of my minded.
Once and a life time opportunity?
Was this a mistake?
Was I hearing him right?
I never got the answers to those questions but in my toughest moments they became my loudest thoughts. The loudest thought amongst them was “God, my life would be so different if I had gone”. Now, five years later here I am in Lesotho! Looking back I realize that I did hear him right and his answer wasn’t “No”; it was “Not now”. This month has really been fulfilling. There is just so much beauty here in the people, nature, and ministry. I’m truly grateful to say that I’m leaving Lesotho lighter than when I first came.
I pray that the staff, people, families, and villages we spent time with received something valuable as well. Many people made a special point to make food in gratitude, come to visit us at Africa for Jesus, and offer us cooking lessons. One universal game we enjoyed with them were Crazy Eight’s which is played with traditional cards. The rules are similar to uno.
My most favorite moment was sitting in a home with a huge family in about the second week of ministry. There was a newly wed woman, 2 nursing mothers, the momma of the house and then all their children. We got to spend an hour with them talking about who God is to them, telling parable like stories, giving scriptures, and praying for their concerns. This final week, the newly wed woman came to visit first on Sunday and then on Tuesday at the ministry base. She requested that we come again! The second time we got to do bible study and play crazy eights.
Our study was in Mark 4 about the sower of the seeds. It was as reminder that we must continually work on the condition of our heart so that we stay good soil. The questions we left behind are:
**How do you establish deep roots? Can you identify/eliminate the weeds in your life?
Please help me to reach my full fundraising goal! We are now about 7,000; 70 donations of $100 away!!
