Tonight was our first night of bar ministry in two weeks. Last week we went to the village of Mae Ai for the week, and following that we had our mid-trip debrief.  The two were very different, but also much needed for the growth and unity of our team. But as I was saying, tonight was back to bar ministry.  I went out with Lauren tonight, and the night started off pretty well. We visited a few girls we've talked to before, and had a really deep conversation with a young woman who owns one of the bars we stopped at.  We asked her some hard questions about  her...

Growing up I’ve always learned about the trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- we’ve learned about it over and over again in church but have you really experienced all three? I thought I have, but let me tell you, I have not. The Holy Spirit and all it entails means so much more than just praying. Ive learned how dynamic the Holy Spirit is and how real it is in the past month or so; we have been reading through John and Proverbs together and I love the way John describes the Holy Spirit, he says: “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never...

Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders, let me walk upon the waters, wherever you would call me…     I fell in love with that song the moment I heard it at training camp about a month ago. I felt that it expressed everything I wanted to say to God in one 8 minute 56 second song and it quickly became my sincere prayer. However as fantastic as it sounded to have God whisk me away to some beautiful place where I could trust Him completely, I quickly realized that it was easier said than done. God was fully capable, to be sure. But this request, no matter...

Seriously though guys, I am horrible. It's funny how i thought that because i had been on 3 missions trips before, all about a week and a half long, that I thought I knew all there was to know about missions. Don't drink the water, don't throw the toilet paper in the toilet, be careful of your hand motions, don't affirm the 'loud American' stereotype, be ready for plans to change 15 times a day, even if food looks and/or tastes nasty do not let whoever made it for you know that, etc…. I figured I needed to let everyone know that I had done this before, I knew how...

So we are almost to our halfway point…and let me just tell you, God is so good. There is so much going on here in Chiang Mai, but perhaps even more going on inside of me. If you know me very well, you probably know that I am kind of a control freak. I am independent and I like getting my way. I am fairly certain that I have been this way most of my life, but it wasn’t until about a week ago that I realized how detrimental this has been in my walk with the Lord. You see, I thought I had it all together. I thought I knew what was best for myself. I thought I could do it all on my...