if you know me at all, you know that I a) want to go teach and do mission work in a developing nation and b) would go tomorrow if I could. this is not an easy post for me to write, but it has been on my heart and mind for some time now so I will give it a shot.
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since the 7th grade I have wanted to go serve in developing countries. I did various missions trips here in the US and loved it, but to know there are still so many struggling more than this really tugged at my heart. my church took a trip to honduras and I wanted to go more than anything, but my silly parents wouldn't let me. {okay, I kind of don't blame them; I was 13}. since then I have wanted to go... anywhere. mozambique and uganda are 2 places on my list, but I could go anywhere simply because there are people without basic needs being met just about everywhere. I want to help meet physical and spiritual needs at the same time; serving and sharing Christ with people. so far, I have not had the opportunity to go, and while I am trusting in God to point me in the right direction at the right time, I am growing impatient. I have prayed consistently about this for years, and each time there is a prospect of being able to go, something immovable stands in the way; God's way of keeping me from going. I trust His timing with everything, and will continue to pour out my life here in lexington to my middle school friends {who are also hungry and thirsty - spiritually}.
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haiti has my heart. already they struggle on a daily basis for food and a simple glass of water; things I take for granted every day. add to the fact that they have just suffered one of the most massive natural disasters in history and aid is so limited. {in part because of the inability of the US and UN to get supplies, food, medical assistance, etc. into port-au-prince due to the corrupt haitian government}. I can't comprehend or even begin to unpack the disaster and devastation the haitian people are facing right now. I simply cannot wrap my brain around it; I cannot fathom it. all I know is that I want to go.
haiti has my heart. already they struggle on a daily basis for food and a simple glass of water; things I take for granted every day. add to the fact that they have just suffered one of the most massive natural disasters in history and aid is so limited. {in part because of the inability of the US and UN to get supplies, food, medical assistance, etc. into port-au-prince due to the corrupt haitian government}. I can't comprehend or even begin to unpack the disaster and devastation the haitian people are facing right now. I simply cannot wrap my brain around it; I cannot fathom it. all I know is that I want to go.
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haiti, haiti, haiti.
you are in my prayers. I thank God daily for the many blessings He has bestowed upon me, and that I am fortunate to live in a place where I am free in every way. I am so undeserving. don't care how cliche or cheesy it may be, it is the truth.
"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, "Here am I. Send me!'"
-Isaiah 6:8
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