The begining…

Day 1

Today begins one of the biggest days of my entire life.
First, I want to start this journal off by sharing my background with all of
you and how I came to the point of where I am right now. About a year and a
half ago my life was a complete wreck. Even after being raised in church, I had
gotten to a point where I turned my back to the truth and the saving grace of
Jesus Christ. It was in the summer of 2008 when the sinful desires of my life
simply did not fill the gap in my heart anymore. I will spare the details of my
testimony but ins short I use to be depressed and anxiety ridden for months to
the point where I could not sleep, eat, and where I didn’t even feel like life
was really worth living. I had no purpose, no directions, and really know hope
that my life had any meaning. People can think of millions of different reasons
of to why this happened to me, but I believe what was going on in my life at
this time was a supernatural spiritual wake up call to how I needed to change
the way I was living. When I was at the lowest point of my life it seemed like
no one could help pull me out of this hell I was living in. Then, God spoke
life into me through His word. The last words in the gospel of Matthew spoke
directly to my heart and soul and I was forever changed. I now had a hope and a
peace that can only come from our Savior.  I started to develop a purpose and a meaning
to this life. The things of this world so many people seem to run to mean
absolutely nothing. The only thing that truly matters is how you live your life
walking with Jesus Christ and your personal relationship with him. I’m beginning
to learn our life on earth isn’t going to be comfortable and it certainly will
not be easy. Romans 8:18 says this “For I consider the suffering of this
present time not worthy to be compared to the Glory that is going to be
revealed to us”. No matter what we go through on this earth, its not worth
being compared to eternity with our Father in heaven. God created us to love
Him, to serve Him, and in doing that we will find ourselves serving others for
the building of his Kingdom. As you all know by reading this blog that I am on
my way to Kenya.
Before we leave on January 29^th, we are at a training camp in Gainesville, Georgia. We will be here for the
next 4 days to learn about our trips and to build team unity through activities
that will help us grow as the body of Christ. As soon as we all arrived at the
airport the adventure began. We headed to a safe house in the middle of downtown
Atlanta, Georgia. We spent a majority of the
night in the freezing cold weather walking about the streets of downtown. We met
a lot of people, listened to their stories, and really gained an insight of how
hard it is living on the streets. This experience really helped us get to know
each other on the team In a deeper way. It was an amazing spiritual night of
bonding and really developing a closeness with each other by sharing
testimonies and life stories that could easily been kept hidden. We know as a
team that God is already moving in each and every one of us. I know I keep
saying how I cannot wait to get to Kenya to see God move and change
lives, but he is already transforming us and changing our lives into his
likeness. I am truly blessed to have this opportunity to grow in Christ and to fulfill
his calling in my life right now. The Holy Spirit is alive in us and He is
using us now and will use us in the future for the betterment of God’s kingdom.
To all reading this back home and everywhere in the world….thank you so much
for your prayers and your support…I love you guys