Day 1-
Dear Family & Friends,
This is my first post although I hope to have many more. I want to thank you all for all your prayers and support. I already miss you guys. I can’t wait to tell you the testimonies in Mali, Africa! J
My family and I woke up at 3:00 a.m. to get to the airport on time in Fayetteville. I was very excited and a little nervous. I was thinking wow this is really happening. I know this is what God wants me to do but I am going to miss my family a ton! Then that morning God gave me a picture. Our lives are like a pencil. God is the ultimate artist .If we allow Him, He can create masterpiece out of our lives. But we have to give Him control of everything. I knew since I was 14 years old God was calling me to be a missionary. I wasn’t sure of any of the details but I knew that God created me for that. So with each passing day I want God to use me to draw a master piece of His goodness for others to see and know how great He is! However, to draw that picture requires obedience, just think if you were trying to draw and your pencil refused to budge. God won’t force anything on us because He is a just God. If we want to do anything relevant in our lives we have to give everything over to Him daily. If not what is the point? Does it say in God’s word, “Trust in the Lord with part of your heart and lean on your own understand..?” My heart’s cry just like yours is for God to use me!
I am staying overnight in North Carolina because my flight was canceled. I have to say I was little bummed at first, but it happens all the time at airports. I think of Paul in the Bible and when the boat that was carrying him to prison sank he didn’t have a fit about it actually was an opportunity to glorify God. Well I haven’t gotten the opportunity to witness to anyone at the airport or hotel, but God has reasons for doing everything! J
