We wait upon You Lord

Honestly.. if you asked me 6 years ago that I would be traveling to dangerous parts of the world to share the gospel, I would have thought you were insane. And then of course I would have re-thought my decision to follow Christ. I used to be the shyest person, never spoke, and I am stil reserved and only speak when I need to, but it comes to show that God really can use the small and reserved to accomplish mighty things. Because if He were using someone that would normally do something like this, He wouldn't get as much glory. But everything God has brought me through has led right up to this, and this is were I want to be. This past summer was one of the best of my life. I realized who God actually was, and who I was apart from Him. I found that the God of the bible does not change, no matter how we "Americans" try to make Him our own. I was questioning the God who we had made, and then found and fell in love with the One who has, will and will always be. I realized that to be a true follower of Christ requires complete abandonment to who I am, and what I want, and to take up my cross and follow Him.

These past few weeks have been kind of stressful for me, knowing I have to raise X amount of money and only have X amount. But I know this is what God wants me to do, so I have to trust that He will provide all that I need, nothing less and nothing more. Also knowing that I will be missing my 20th birthday and Christmas breaks my heart. But as I said, a true follower will abandon everything they know and want. I am excited and a little nervous to eperience how the people of Uganda and Kenya live, and I hope that I will come back home completely changed and never take anything for granted. So come, embark on this jouney with me to the unkown.

"And then he told them, 'Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.'" Mark 16:15


Lauren