Where Do I Go From Here?

It's pretty funny that once you decide on a theme for the year in January God likes to test you in it? Yea.. about that. Haha. Well my theme for 2010 is "Live More Worry Less" and God's already begun to test me to see if I really mean it. 2010 may just end up being the greatest year of my entire life. It looks like in April I'll be leaving for a six week tour across the northern United States and then looping through most of Canada with 8 of my good friends. What an incredible opportunity. When I signed up for this in November of last year I expected it to be the highlight of my year but that's probably due to the fact that I forgot how INCREDIBLE our God truly is, because tour seems like small potatoes in comparison to what else He has planned for the year. In the past two weeks I've received countless messages of confirmation on a plan that surfaced a few weeks ago. Who knows where this came from (I suspect God) but out of the blue I had a burning desire to do missions. Like serious missions. Like six months of mission work. Without wasting a minute God threw me and Jess (who is also on board with this idea) an opportunity of a lifetime. Naturally I was super excited at the idea but when it started to get serious I started to back out. I don't know how many times I thought, "Slow down God, I know I said I wanted to give You my all.... but I didn't know it would be this soon!!!" Anyways, long story short, many confirmations later, it looks like I'll be missing a semester and I'm going to the Caribbean island of Grenada for six months to work with the foursquare church there.

I'm scared, I'm nervous, and I'm not strong enough. Good thing God is fearless, calm, and has enough strength for the both of us. I know the Caribbean sounds like a "cushy" place to do missions but it won't be as glamorous as it sounds. It will be working with a church that's starting from scratch in a country I've never been before. My missionary will be living an hour away from me and I'll get to see her two to three days a week. Otherwise Jess and I will be on our own, working with the church and the community. Sounds terrifying but isn't that what I signed up for when I told God that I wanted to be in full time ministry? I believe it is!

"I am chosen I am free, I am living for eternity. Free now forever. You pick me up, turn me around. You set my feet on solid ground, Yours now forever. And nothing's gonna hold me back, oh nothing's gonna hold me back. Nothing's gonna hold me back!"