January 4, 2015
We made it to Thailand! We are staying at hostel called “Zion” and we share it with 100 other fellow travelers, some part of other missions trips, Ywam, etc. Training week technically starts tomorrow, and we will not be allowed to contact home within that week or even a little after that. They want us to press in and focus completely on God. 
I was blessed by another team member when he let me use his phone to call my family for a minute or two.
I am really excited to be here and starting to meet my team for the next year. The enemy is already tying to mess with us and lie to us, but we are praying against it! I would ask for prayer for my team and I;
1) That there wouldn’t be any distractions, and that all weapons formed against will not succeed. That the thief that comes in the night will not steal our joy by comparing to one another, by loneliness, by insecurity, or even health issues!
2)That we will draw so close to Jesus and feel His presence abundantly in our lives.
3) That this team will become a family, one that edifies, encourages, and steps in the gap for one another in prayer before God.
4) That we will be open to Jesus and the Holy spirit, and that we will become malleable to be molded by Him!
5)That He will prepare us for the ministry and people that we will meet ahead, and that we will have HOPE and TRUST in Jesus when we see the injustice and suffering around us, and that we will be anointed and bursting with His LOVE, PEACE, and JOY!!!
It’s the cry of my heart, and many of our hearts for these things. And we need it! We need the armor of God for mission He has called us on. This will be a tough, tough year, in ways that I have not even begun to imagine. I’ve cried and cried out to Him already several times on this trip. I honestly don’t feel prepared for it, and I feel the enemy taunting me and lying to me about so many things.
But God
Knows the plans that He has for me, for everyone else on this team, and for the people we will engage with.
Makes His strength known in my weakness.
Longs to draw me in and show me His love.
Even when I don’t always understand His ways or His words, I want to trust Him with my Whole heart! I want to have His waves and breakers crash over me, and fall so completely in love with Him! I want people to come to know Him!
Thank you so much for supporting me and going on this journey with me with your funds and prayers!
God bless.
Tori
