Heading Out...

I’m just over an hour away from heading out of the country, and I am so excited! This trip has been a long time in the planning, and it is finally here. Over the past couple of weeks as I have finished all the preparations to leave God has really used this time to start preparing my heart for what is to come. Recently I had a reminder from a friend to make sure to pray. Not just about the trip, but to really pray about what God has for me through this trip and that His will be done. As I have started focusing on this and truly pouring out my heart to God and giving Him my desires He has changed me in incredible ways. My focus has changed so much already from my needs and wants to what He wants for me as well as from me. It has been a challenging couple of weeks, but I know this is just the beginning and I can’t wait to see what else He does.

On top of the reminder to pray constantly there has also been a song that has really helped me to take a step back and put a new cry in my heart. The lyrics to one of the versus has left an impact on me, and has become a theme for this journey:

Let me not be blind with privilege

Give me eyes to see the pain

Let the blessing You've poured out on me

Not be spent on me in vain

Let this life be used for change

For me it says it all, not just for this trip but for my life. God has blessed me so much, and I don’t ever want to take it and use it in vain. Every blessing He pours out on me is so I may bless others. I want my life to make a difference in others, and I don’t want it to stop with my trip to Indonesia.

So, as I leave and come back please continue to pray with me. Pray God would reveal His will to me and that I would have the faith to step out and continue to follow. Pray for my time in Indonesia that I would be used by Him in mighty ways, and that I would not get in the way. Also pray for my traveling. I have only just begun the many hours of travel set ahead of me, and look forward to finally seeing familiar faces again in Malaysia. Last but not least, pray I would not lose my focus. It’s so easy to lose focus and start trying things on my own. So pray I would stay focused on Him and learn to fully depend on him as I go through the next few months and beyond.

Again thank you so much for all the prayer support and financial support. I look forward to sharing with you all that God is doing in Indonesia!!

God Bless!!