Fall Update

Well its been a few months since I have sent an update, and with school right around the corner and fall knocking on the door I thought it was time to let you know what it going on in my life. Summer flew by faster than I knew what to do with. Working with AIM (adventures in Missions) has been such a huge blessing to me this summer. I worked a lot of training camps this summer. And to clarify, training camp is a week of teaching and team building that the 1 to 3 month mission trip participants go through. One of my camp highlights was being able to be the segregate leader for a Real Life team. With this team I got the opportunity to serve eight girls before they left for their two month trip to the Amazon Jungle. Not exactly a place my heart longs to go, but they felt such a calling there. It was a time for me to just pour my life into these girls and show them how much God loved them, and help them to believe that God had a plan for each one of them on this trip. It ended up that I did not lead any trips of my own, but I was very blessed to be part of so many training camps and so many lives.

 

I feel like this summer was a waiting game for me and a lesson in faith from God. I really had my heart set on leading trips and doing all these big things for the Kingdom. God had another thing in mind. One of the things that goes on at training camps is an activity on giving up your rights and expectations. I have been around while others have done this several times, I know you sit and write down all the things you think you have a right to, and all the expectations you think you get to have. After that you give them to the Lord and try and “die” to them. Well at this Real Life camp that I mentioned above I really felt the Lord asking me to do this as well. So I wrote, and wrote, and kept writing. I never realized there were all these things that I thought I had a right to. Things like good food, you don’t really get that everywhere-and that’s OK. Also the right to have a comfortable place to sleep, nope we really don’t have a right to that either. Other things like the right to be respected were a little harder for me to just “die” to. Now I am not saying this to make you think that I am living like some sort of martyr. I am just saying that God challenged me on a lot of things that I thought were normal, it changed me somehow. It also made me realize how much I still needed to grow up. So although I did not get to lead any trips, God did so much more in me because I stayed here! I know that I am not done growing and learning, but I know that God is faithful, and loving, and always knows what best.

 

 

So in my last update I was asking you to pray for my future here at AIM. I have been patiently waiting on God for a clear direction and a clear vision of what, if anything, I am supposed to be doing at AIM. I am please to tell you that I feel like God had given that to me. I am signing on for two years with AIM, under Real Life. Real Life is a part of AIM that takes eighteen to twenty four year olds on short term mission trips around the world.

 

These trips range from one to three months. I am excited to start this new journey, and for you to come along with me. I will be leading trips for two years and will have to support raise full time. In order for this to happen I need your help. I have to raise just over $1300 a month. I hope you will prayerfully consider joining me on this journey!