**SIDE NOTE: I wrote this on the 22nd but apparently I didn’t actually post it**
I was supposed to leave in 5 days…
Its crazy to think this would have been my last week with my friends and family before boarding the plane to Georgia to start my Journey with Christ. To think in the beginning of July I would be in South Africa to start the first of 11 months in 11 countries. It’s hard to think back a month ago when I started my second day of Training camp, to think back to the day God called me to stay till January. It seems so unreal.
It’s crazy to think of the process God brought me through from then till today. He told me day two of training camp that I wouldn’t be launching with what has grown to be my family(U Squad). He called me to rebuild my blood family and to fix my relationship with my sister in law.
Although I felt God told me pretty directly, it was such a hard decision to abandon what I had been building up for over a year at this point. To make sure it was God speaking and not fear. After being back home over this last month God has really been revealing some stuff to me. My heart is for mission but I realized after attempting to water down my experience to non-believers, I started watering it down in my head. It started to drift away to the excitement of all the countries I would be able visit and all the amazing people I would serve with. I feel God brought me home to refocus me. This is not a trip about travel this is a trip about serving and exalting Christ’s name, not a trip to help the “less fortunate” but to lift up our brothers and sisters around the world.
Although it was a hard descion to make, I feel blessed to follow a God who wants the best for me and knows what I’m ready for. A God who can use anyone right where there at, but chose for me extra time to be able to flourish my relationship with him and be able to absorb every opportunity he has for me going into this World Race. I’m so blessed to serve that God.
Because I am deferring my trip till Janurary my route has changed so now I will be starting in South America for 3 months going to Peru,Ecuador and Colombia then heading over to Eastern Europe for another 3 months to Montenegro Bulgaria and Albania then Ending it all off with 5 months in Asia going to Malaysia, Thailand,Cambodia,Nepal and India.
With the route change I had to decide between Africa a long time call and desire of mine or India/Nepal a new call and opportunity God has placed in my life. I went with India and Nepal because of a possible opportunity to serve women involved in human trafficking/prostitution and give them a new trade with the skills I’ve accquired as a hairstylist.
I’m so thankful to God for speaking directly to me and making me aware of where I needed to be. Sometimes we think God is not listening but we have such and intimate God who is always trying to be in conversation with us. Are you taking time to hear him speak? When you pause and listen to him amazing things happen. He wants to connect with you.
My next deadline is 12/18/2015 which is $10,000. I believe that I serve a God who knows all my needs. I pray that along with Jehovah Jireh you would consider partnering with me to be a monthly donor for the next 11 months. This would allow me the freedom to serve without having to worry about Fundraising.
