Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Here I go..

So it has been quite awhile since I've updated this blog. Honestly I haven't really felt the urgency or the desire to do so until now. Right now, God is just doing some amazing things and truly being the guiding light I've always searched for.

As you may or may not know, at the end of this summer, I was officially invited to join the Manna Global Ministries team in the Dominican Republic. This is a desire the Lord laid on my heart since my first week of ever stepping foot into the country. I remember my first summer with Manna and how unknown every aspect seemed. Not only did I know not a soul out there, speak a lick of Spanish, or had ever traveled outside of the country, but mission work truly remained a 'foreign' concept. However, it was only a matter of days until I told my journal that this was the place I was meant to be and the work I believe I was created to pour into. I remember boldly praying the Lord would allow me to graduate early so I could join the team sooner (which will be an amazing answered prayer this Dec. 18th!) and having a strange jealousy of the missionaries as this was their day to day 'job'.
From that moment on, my love for the country, the people, the work, and the Lord's mission in Bobita/Rio San Juan only grew and matured.

As this last semester in school has been, surprisingly, one of the most difficult challenges I have ever faced, I find peace in the Lord's guidance for my future. I have begun the, ever so intimidating, fundraising process, in which I daily strive to hand over to the Lord.

So here I go. Unknown to me the obstacles that lie in tomorrow, next week, or next semester, but I trust in the Lord's faithfulness as I have no other option but to put ALL of my hope in Him. As Paul writes in Romans 15: 13, "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Dear Heavenly Father,
I trust you. Remind me of your faithfulness and the presence of Your Spirit everyday so that I am not led astray. I know you will bless this fundraising process for me and send me to the Dominican if that is Your will. May this not be about what I can do in the DR, but You just using my body as an instrument for Your Kingdom.
Amen