Jinalongu ni Justin Williams. I am 18 years old and currently a missionary based out of Nairobi, Kenya. I have been blessed with the opportunity to do God’s work here for one month already and I still have about one month to go. This is my first real mission trip but not my last. When I return to the states after my mission here is done I will be attending Sam Houston State University where I am a Mass Communication major, Sociology minor. This is the degree I am working on for one reason; the Lord has called me to start a magazine and mission board. The magazine will be kind of like a version of National Geographic that shows the glory of God around the world and encourages people to ” make disciples of all nations”. The mission board being a way to carry out that call. I am at this place in my life because of my family. My family, besides the gift of eternal life in heaven, is the single greatest gift God has given me. My family has made who I am, gotten me where I am, and has surrounded me with love and compassion the entire way. Specifically I want to talk about my mom right now. A woman full of the Lord’s grace, love, mercy, and understanding. She is a true blessing to everyone who crosses her path. She has been a pre-kindergarten teacher and a light in the lives of all her students longer than I have been alive. She has been an inspiration and a Christ like image in my life even when I didn’t want to hear about this whole Jesus person. If it weren’t for her I would probably be dead in sin and in life. I am writing this not as a note to my mom, but as a testament that God’s glory surrounds us all whether we are over seas missionaries or a little kid growing up in a small town in the states. Whether you are a doctor in Europe or just a parent of some radical college kid who has found the ultimate purpose in life and just desires to live a life for the King of Kings. I challenge all of you who read this not to just live your normal life, but instead to give your every breath, your every heart beat to the Lord. My mom has done this and because of it she has effected my life and many others more than she knows. So thank you mom for being an image of the grace of God and an inspiration and light in my life.
p.s. Mom, I love you more than there are stars in the sky, more than there are grains of sand in all the beaches, and more than there are blades of grass in all the fields of the world. I love you mom.
