I am uncomfortable outside my cage.
I roar loudly from its confines but tuck my tail when I find myself on the outside looking in.
I become timid and tame forgetting my strengths, only remembering what I am not.
I am whipped and beaten by my own self before others even have a chance, if they were to so choose.
It is comfortable for me to pounce and play, run and roar as long as you don’t place me in the wild where I was born to roam. There I freeze. My heart pounds. My feet long to move but are paralyzed.
The door is open. I can come and go as I choose. The lock on the cage was removed long ago and another, greater lion beckons me to follow Him, to learn His ways and become who I was born to be.
So I venture out a few steps at a time, occasionally a leap. The world outside my box frightens me but I know there is more than this cardboard cage I confine myself to.
I trust this One, this unsafe yet good Lion of Judah and one day I will truly be at home in the wild.
My time in Haiti is fast approaching its end. Ukraine is appearing on the horizon. Already my heart is both breaking and rejoicing even though God continues to call me out of all my comfort zones.
There is a craziness to me apparently. I said a few days ago that I would do ANYTHING God called me to do in Ukraine if He would just make the way for my return in just six short weeks. I am certain He smiled, shook His head and laughed a little knowing that He will remind me of those words later and I pray He makes them like honey. While I know the danger in that statement, it is my heart.
I cannot do it alone. Truthfully I don’t want to either.
In all I need around $3500 to cover my
costs from
mid-June to the end of July (maybe August-ish). About $1800 of that is
just airfare costs and another $800 is the cost of my week and half
working with CCX’s summer English camp. The remaining amount will cover
costs of food, transportation and housing for the remaining time.
So I am asking that you
would consider prayerfully and financially supporting my return to
Ukraine. If you need more information or have questions, feel free to drop me an email.
costs from
mid-June to the end of July (maybe August-ish). About $1800 of that is
just airfare costs and another $800 is the cost of my week and half
working with CCX’s summer English camp. The remaining amount will cover
costs of food, transportation and housing for the remaining time.
Flight
costs continue to rise and I need to purchase my flight and pay for
camp by May 31 so I can send my information to CCX.
So I am asking that you
would consider prayerfully and financially supporting my return to
Ukraine. If you need more information or have questions, feel free to drop me an email.
If you would like to give
financially and desire a tax write off, checks can be made payable to:
financially and desire a tax write off, checks can be made payable to:
Ekklesia
International
70 Lee St.
Royston, GA 30662
International
70 Lee St.
Royston, GA 30662
Memo: Ukraine
If you would like to give financially and don’t really care about
the tax write off, you can do so through online through Paypal:
the tax write off, you can do so through online through Paypal:
