In the months leading up to this trip, I anticipated a lot of things: spicy food. being covered in sweat almost all of the time. being at least 10 inches taller than the average Thai person. spending tons of time in prayer and worship. becoming dependant on God alone. experiencing God in new ways. amazing friendships with my teammates. All of these things have been true. Especially the latter few in this past week as we took a screen fast. No phones, computers, iPods, etc. It was so so good. I never imagined my relationship with the Lord could deepen so much in...

Have you ever went up to a believer and told them that you are madly in love with them because you see your creator in their eyes? Or better yet, can you go up to a believer who is just so hard for you to love and tell them that you are madly in love with them because the same Jesus that is in you lives in them? “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. Romans 8:11” If you accepted Jesus Christ in your heart then His...

The whole journey leading up to this trip started with God lighting a fire in my soul for working with girls and women like the ones in the bars at Bangla. So naturally, coming here I was looking way forward to speaking life and value into these women.  All along that was my prayer, that God would let me tell these women that they're beautiful and so valuable. So, our bar ministry started. I was ready and excited to go talk to women at Bangla. I just wanted to speak words of life to them. But our first few times there, I hardly got to speak to anyone. My other teammates, Radha and...

There is a rainstorm tonight and I can’t help but smile.    Lately I have been struggling with feeling that I was missing something from God.  Don’t get me wrong, He is moving in my heart in amazing ways and constantly giving me the ability to leap out of my comfort zone, but I still felt like there was a puzzle piece out of place.   A few nights ago I was telling God how frustrated I was with feeling incomplete.  After I had finally voiced this to Him, He quickly showed me the missing puzzle piece.    Love. His love. His unfailing love for...

weep·ing                  [wee-ping]                 adjective 1.    expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears:   I am a woman of empathy, I often wear myself out by bearing the emotions of the people around me. One way I express myself is through tears, I would shoot to say I cry quite often. I hadn’t always been like this, not until I was engulfed in...

Well here we go again, try #5. I have started four different blogs before this one. For some reason none of them have sat well with me, and I haven't been able to shake the feeling of writing about my time with God a few days ago. After all, you guys want to hear about our ministry, what the labour is like. How bar ministry is going. Buut I just couldn't write about it this time. During our team time a few days ago we took sometime to sit with God and just listen. After awhile of sitting there I started writing God a letter, but turns out He wanted to write to me. So bear with...