So I don't post often, hardly ever. I just can't seem to find the attention span to write about my life. It comes easily to me now when I have so many things to say.
Most of you know that I spent the summer in Michigan working as a camp counselor for middle school girls at SpringHill Camps. Hands down it was the best summer of my life thus far. I can't put into words everything I have experienced this summer and all that the Lord has done. I am now more wealthy than I was at the beginning of the summer- a few quality friends richer, a few new experiences richer, and richer with a new depth in my relationship with Christ.
Highlights: Meeting incredible friends. Having the most fun possible and getting paid at the same time. Getting to have incredibly deep conversations with my campers. Learning what it means to not be able to make it through the day without God. Working with campers with special needs. Knowing what it feels like to give all you have and still have joy to spare. Praying so hard it hurts. Seeing the Lord provide in incredible ways. Hammocking. Having the opportunity to welcome a new friend into God's eternal kingdom. Plus SO MANY MORE.
Here's what I know: If I hadn't experienced every bit of this summer the way I did, I wouldn't be ready for what's coming next. One of the biggest lessons I came away from this summer with is that it isn't always scary or crazy to trust God. Sometimes it is, but other times He works it out so it all falls into place and the only thing we are left with is, "okay, God, I can do that." Which brings me to my next point.
Since 2008 I have felt the Lord calling me to missions overseas but besides that I have been in the dark about my future. So I know that missions is in my future but I don't have any clue how I am going to get there.. wherever 'there' is. One thing I have known for awhile is that my heart beats for Africa. I have never been there, but I know that's where I need to be. Another thing I know is, school is not for me. I have been struggling with these things for years.. continuing my education, finding a skill or a major that can help me help others, feeling no leading towards a major, struggling through school, yelling at God for not telling me what I'm supposed to be doing. I have had many plans and ideas about what I should maybe do or what God maybe wanted me to do, but all of them fell through. Nothing was clicking. All for a good reason, my darling, all in the right timing, my love.
The last month or so of camp Africa was so heavily on my heart, as was the heavy burden of going back to school. Why was my heart being pulled and tortured like this? Because God in His timing is good and perfect. The last week of camp my mom told me about an opportunity to go to Uganda, Africa for three months. WHAT?! The day after I talked to my mom I got a text from my sister saying, "I dropped your class for you so that you could go to Africa!" What?!? So my friends, I am going. I am going to Kampala, Uganda at the end of September and returning the week before Christmas. Its crazy, its soon, but it is completely God orchestrated. Praise Him who knows me so well; well enough to place something like this in my lap. All I had to say was, "okay, God, I can do that." And, "Thank you!" :D
Please join me in prayer about this new adventure!
