THREE MORE WEEKS!!!!!

I can't wait!!!!!!

It's getting closer.....

The last two weeks have felt crazy with taxes, school courses/getting ready for fall classes, finishing out work, and preparing for the trip and internship! It's weird.... It's crunch time!! God has been continuing to stir such an excitement in me for this trip! This last Sunday we met with Heidi from Food for Hungry and got a little more information about our trip and what we will be doing. It was good to finally meet with her. While there we will be making house visits where I will get to meet the child I will be sponsoring! I can't wait! I know God's going to completely change me because He already is during this process of waiting... Waiting is hard! Not just waiting for this trip but for God's timing in ALL areas of my life! There is A LOT of waiting happening, but isn't that just how God works most of the time? I'm learning to trust that though I wait for whatever it is He's asked me to wait for, He's working/moving. Sometimes I can tend to view waiting as God's procrastination but it's not! So pray that I do not "lean on my own understanding" right now but trust in God that He knows what he's doing and that He completely loves me (more than I can understand). Even though I don't know His plans, I know His heart and I can trust it!   

Update and Prayer Requests

I have only five weeks till I leave for Haiti! Wow! It is coming soon yet it doesn’t feel even close enough. It’s funny how that can happen. I feel like God has really been doing some good, yet hard stuff, in my heart! He has been working in places that seem so obvious, places I knew I needed Him to touch to prepare me for my trip. But through my preparation God has been doing some healing in places I was unaware really affected my trip! It’s been some hard stuff but I’m so thankful that God revealed those things and is so patient and loving in the process!

The other day I was driving, thinking about the healing process God was starting and I started to cry. Though my healing may seem trivial to some, it felt overwhelming to me, wishing the process could be quick (knowing it may not be). I heard God say, “It’s okay that you're not where you think you “should be”or want to be…I’m going to walk with you through it. I won’t rush you!” and a sense of God’s love, peace, and patience completely just filled my body. I’m ready for God to do some work in these places of my heart, but as I have experienced before, know that the process can be painful. So if you are reading this (not sure who all reads my blogs) I ask for continued prayer for healing and preparation in my heart! Also, a continued realization and awareness that this trip is not about me, though I know God will bless me through it, but about Him and those in Haiti!