This month has been one of the exciting ones for me. I am getting to help head up our mission’s month at church. It has been a month of prepping and fun knowing that our congregation will be envisioned about the nations.
Amongst prepping for all of this and hanging up HUGE signs, I took a fall off the ladder and hurt my wrist. I call it “giving it all for missions” There were some things that God has spoken to me through all of the chaos that has happened. I want to share with you how God is turning this tragedy to me into prepping me for the World Race and a life on the mission field.
My fall is quite funny now that we look back at it. But I had never blacked out or broken a bone before. When I fell it knocked everything out of me so that I could not breathe or feel. As Dana began to try to get me to breathe before I completely blacked out, I started saying “Jesus, oh Jesus.” LOL. I seriously thought I was going towards the light. After I started to come back and breathe I felt an EXTREME amount of pain and began to realize I was seriously injured.
Remembering this day and thinking about what had really happened was like God reminding me that with him there is no pain. Even though it was funny that I thought I was going through the light, he just showed me in a little way that when I really do go with him, I am all well and healed.
God has slowly been ripping away things that aren’t good in me and prepping me for what is to come. It has not been easy, but he is doing it now with people that I am close to so it’s a little easier.
I believe the main lesson that I am learning through all of this and recovering is Unconditional Love. Having to depend on someone for most everything is not a lot of fun. But I know that God is teaching me about the unconditional love that he has for me. When you love someone it doesn’t matter if you have to do something that you really don’t want to do because when you loving is what it is all about. Being there through the good, the bad, and the ugly. This has been a hard lesson for me to learn and to accept through this process. But when I think really hard about it, we are made in the image of Christ. We are supposed to model that. God is with us through the good, the bad, the ugly. So if we are the hands and feet of Christ shouldn’t we be doing the same? I am very lucky to have a good handful of those people in my life. 
You see, I have not been to my house that I am renting since I have been hurt. I have had to live with my 2ndMama Dana for a while now. It has been a hard thing knowing that she really does find joy in being there for me and helping me do my hair, washing clothes, and making me snacks. Even though I am frustrated because I can’t do it all on my own it is teaching me really what unconditional love is. I know that she is the type of person that LOVES her 8hrs of sleep, and loves to come home and relax and watch tv. So when I am up half the night in pain, she is right there with me. When I need help getting off the recliner when she just sat down, she is right there with me. But she tells me and continues to tell me that when you love someone it doesn’t matter. It’s unconditional love. I have experienced a lot of love through this injury that has taken a toll on me. I have seen friends go out of there way just to put a smile on my face and make stupid get well videos, Squadmates have sent me nice messages and text, and so many other things. God has shown me through others his unconditional love and how to look beyond how we feel at the moment.
This adventure has spoken to me a lot as I look forward to September. Not only am I going to have to be there for the people that I am in contact with and love them no matter what their circumstance in each country, but I have thought about it with my team and who I will be living with. We are going to be a family and modeling unconditional love to so many others. It isn’t if it is comfortable to me, or if it’s something I like to do. It’s about serving others right where they are and showing that unconditional love. It like my theme for this whole World Race trip I am using “Love Sees No Borders.”
