Adventures – Page 5

The Blue lights of Chiang Mai

I approach our red light district… My team calls it our street because twice a day we are prayer walking down the street. The empty bars we see by day are the same men-packed bars we see at night. Okay, so I’m approach our street and my heart begins to jitter with nervousness. I don’t know why I’m nervous… I tell myself “all I have to do is love like Jesus. You can do this.” Nonetheless I feel the jitters and jumps inside. I call out the enemy in Jesus’ name. I am instantly filled with peace and I am no longer...

Almost there…

The past few days have been hectic, adventurous, unexpected, and a HUGE gift straight from Jesus. It all started with our team leaving training camp in Georgia at 4 am to us now waiting to board our plane to Chiang Mai, Thailand in South Korea. Last night we ended up missing our connecting flight from South Korea to Thailand because of a flight delay in Detroit, Michigan. But Jesus was so good to us because the airline put us in a hotel with beds that felt like you were floating on clouds and meal vouchers to eat all the delicious Korean food you could possibly imagine. Then we were able to...

Going Back…Next Steps

November 4, 2014
Adventures
PASSPORTTHAILAND

If you were to ask me what my favorite country on the World Race was; I would answer you China. If you were to ask me what my favorite day of ministry was; I would tell you the day we helped at a Harvest Party at an international school in China. If you were to ask me which country I felt the safest; I would answer you China. If you were to ask me which country felt most like home; I would tell you China. The past 9 weeks in Thailand have been incredible! I have loved every single day. Our ministry has been so encouraging and I really believe we are making an everlasting impact on...

Whacking Tennis Balls

October 27, 2014
Adventures
PASSPORTTHAILAND

Four summers ago I received a vision of me on a tennis court. I was hitting the tennis balls way over the fence. Everyone around me was asking “what are you doing?” as if I was being a complete idiot and being wasteful and purposeless. But the vision was not over. The balls were landing at the feet of international children and international elderly people. The children began to play with the balls and the elderly people began to put the balls on their walkers. I have been thinking about this vision a whole lot the past couple of weeks. I believe God has been teaching me some...

No Longer Resisting

October 22, 2014
Adventures
Spiritual Journey

It all started at training camp. Well, really before then. I have struggled with shame for nearly my entire life. There are times when my brain keeps me up at night going over every mistake I made that day, and then each mistake of my lifetime. That usually lands me in tears and wishing for someone to hold me, but I'm too ashamed to ask, so I cry alone. The thought of letting someone else in terrifies me; I think I'm too broken to allow anyone to get close. This shame has affected my self worth as well. The other day Taylor was talking to Lyndie and me, and she said that she loved...

Fears, Failures, Frustrations to Passion

October 18, 2014
Adventures
PASSPORTTHAILAND

One of my biggest fears coming into this trip was my inability to naturally encourage, affirm and motivate people. I did not know how I was going to co-lead a young adult women’s mission trip when I did not know how to encourage or affirm them. Or did I know why God was calling me to do so. Within our second week here, I received some constructive feedback after a conversation with one of the girls on the team. She told me that after our conversation about some personal things, she did not feel cared for or encouraged by me. This hit me really hard. I was aware that I struggled...

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