Draganesti-Olt, Romania!!!
Since I arrived in this small town my days grew dark with fear. The fear of a new unknown place in a new unknown country. This small town in southern Romania is the first place I have ever been to where I completely didn’t know what to expect. Europe is a place of history, food, many different cultures, and drinks. I know people who have been to Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and Greece but never Romania. Romania is not a country often heard about for traveling across Europe. And NOW I know Why!!!
Romania is very dark, many people fill this country but not many living. These people are beautiful but dont know Christ. These people are stuck in a hole and dont know that Jesus is the way out. I didn’t know where this month would take me but all I could think about when arriving here was my support account. FEAR FILLED MY HEART!!!
When we arrived I found out that we had real internet at the mission house we are staying at in Draganesti-Olt. The Wifi is always on and we dont have any limits to our own use of it. This was a blessing at first but has now become a problem. I need the interent to update my blogs and Facebook with news of what our team is doing and where we will be doing ministry for this month but NOW all I use it for is the Check my support account and talk to more people about support.
This is an important concern because if I don’t hit my next deadline I will have to go home from the Race and I KNOW that is not what I want. So FEAR filled my thoughts and disabled me from becoming invested in our new ministry and church here. THAT IS NOT WHAT I WANT!!! I want to LIVE EVERYDAY IN THE MOMENT knowing that my 2morrow is not promised and God fills my heart NOW, 2day, in this moment.
This continued for the first week or so here and sadly that week was lost already for me due to FEAR!!!
The ONLY REASON WHY THIS RACE IS POSSIBLE IS BECAUSE OF GOD AND HOW HE HAS PROVIDED ME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO SUPPORTED ME!!!
Nothing in this life is FREE besides our SALVATION IN CHRIST!!! So I prayed and I prayed and I prayed some more. God keep trying to tell me that He has it on his own timing and under control. God will provide and always has and I need to TRUST! I need to live in the NOW giving my all to Romania, the missionaries here, and the ONLY CHURCH HERE WITHIN 50 MILES. This church has been such a blessing for us all and owns the mission house where we are currently living.
God has continued to tell me not to FEAR and just know if I do end up having to go home, my RACE will not end here but will keep going wherever I go. Leaving the race due to not making my deadline would not be the end of my world because I will always have 2morrow. I TRUST in our Lord who gives us our hearts desires.
1 Corinthians 4:11- 13 “To the present hour hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless 12 and we labor, working with our hands. When reviled, we bless; 13 when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scrum of the world, the refuse of all things.”
No matter if I have to leave the Race April 1st or get to stay because God provides the support I know he has great plans that will continue for the rest of my time here on this earth!!! Christ has showed me many new things about who I am and what i need to do more for him. MORE TRUST, MORE PRAYER, MORE LISTENING, LESS FEAR, LESS WORRY, LESS OF MYSELF!!!
F- FAITH
E- ENCOURAGEMENT
A- ACCEPTANCE
R- REPENTANCE
