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Stretching My Spirit

September 5, 2011
Adventures
Life on the Field

Have you ever tried stretching taffy as far as it will go? The middle starts to fade in color until it's eventually white. A thick chunk gets pulled until the strand is as thin as a spiders web. These past few days at training camp have stretched me immensely. From ministering to people in downtown Atlanta during the middle of our first night, to letting go of my fears of going to Kenya and not knowing what to expect. Through different activities and meetings throughout training camp, God has been teaching me how to surrender my want to control, and to instead be willing to...

When God Shows Up

September 5, 2011
Adventures
Reflections

How does one recognize when God shows up? God is always reaching down from heaven to hold us, but sometimes we just can't feel His loving arms around us. Well, I discovered these past four days of training camp just how often God shows up in tangible ways. I just didn't recognize the signs before. My trip got off to a rocky start when my flight into Atlanta for training camp was delayed about three hours, making me late for the designated arrival time. As I waited in the airport, panic and anxiety set in. To pass the time, I read my Bible and daily devotional journal. The...

Is it seriously September 1st?

September 1, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

I cannot believe that it is the first of September. Tomorrow I will be introduced to my team and this experience which I've worked for and been anxiously awaiting for is here. Six months ago I was sitting in church when I felt a tug at my heart. My family was going through some pretty heavy issues that were eating away at me. I was graduating high school and praying that God would help me find a purpose and lead me to what he wants me to do. That's what brought me to AIM. After sending out support letters, getting numerous shots, ordering a passport, packing, praying,...

Grieving the lost

I cannot predict the future, but I know one thing for certain. This last week in Kenya will be hard. I’m not one to make many emotional attachments, but yesterday as I chatted with a friend in between saying goodbyes at a ministry location it hit me. I’m going to miss this place and these people. Not in the way we say “see you, miss you, bye!” But a heart-wrenching, sob for days, never want to forget kind of missing. And the grieving process begins now as we say our goodbyes during our final days of ministry. As I choked back tears yesterday, the one comfort that...

Far From Over

It’s so crazy that the time is here, just about 2 months ago I was on an airplane about to embark on a journey that I knew was gonna forever change me, the way I see life, and many things were gonna be affirmed. I didn’t know how any of that was gonna pan out, but it definitely did. God used these months to rock my world. To open my eyes to the things unseen, to break my heart, to really impact those around me and the people I ministered to. This world is in so much need, it yearns for truth. It’s our duty as the body of Christ to break out of our bubble and realize what...

Even Now God Wins

Raw flesh. Bare scalp. Distorted face. No eyelid. Only one nostril. Melted gums. A crippled hand. Patches of grafted skin. That is what I saw when I first met a 1 year old boy named Godwin. Somehow his bed caught on fire and he was severely burned. His own mother looked at him like he was from another world, and to be honest I was a little afraid at first too. In the afternoon when I came back to that part of the pediatric ward I was overwhelmed by a desire to love on this precious boy and his mom. As he laid there on the bed crying in pain I asked if I could hold him so his mom could make...

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