So I found out last Thursday, April 2nd, that I have been chosen to be one of the handful of individuals sent by my college group to go to Australia this summer, July 16th-August 2nd, for an evangelical missions trip. Where does that leave me? It leaves me on the edge of my comfort zone, on the edge of this spiritual stepping stone that I have been doing laps around for years. I have come to know it all too well, inside and out. I have come to know it like the back of my hand. This means that Australia will mean nothing shy of jumping from this stepping stone and leaping on to a new one. I am excited, undoubtedly, but my heart is more nervous than I have been in a long time, a very very long time. I know that God will use every part of me that he can, as much as I am willing to give. I just want to make sure that I offer in purity as much as I truly am possible. I want this because I will not be internationally traveling for the first time to go dig trenches, or build a house. I am going to bring people home. I am going to sew the seed of faith to as many people as will hear it. I am willing, and I am terrified. I must make sure my heart is in the right place and my mind on truth if I am going to undergo this commission to the level of expectation that I have for myself. I know that this step is a good one for me, and I know that the trials I will face both in preparation and in the fire of action will be all the better in God's tempering of me. I seek only to do his will, wherever, whenever and to whoever that might be directed. To those that pray, if you could please do so for me regarding this trip and where I am at right now, that would be amazing. I know God has big plans for me, the book of Jeremiah tells me so. I just want to make sure it is under his timing and guidance, not my own. I will keep this Blog updated for my trip, including transpiring during preparation, on the trip, and after I am home. Our first official meeting is this week. Yikes. Thank You all and God Bless!
