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I am so increadibly passionate about glorifying God and just furthering his kingdom! It is such a beautiful thing. This year I will be returning to Colombia, South America and God is working in my heart a lot. I KNOW that God had this second trip in his plan from the start. The passion that he has embeded in my heart for Colombia is literally indescribable. After going last year, I learned so much about the culture and the people and I learned what an out of country mission trip really felt like, and that is when I decided that I am going to devote my life to serving God and others through mission trips. I had felt God knocking on my heart and calling me to overseas but I let fear and other things get in the way. Then I just surrendered and gave my all to God. So like I said, this has pretty much become a passion of mine. The three places that I am just.. blown away by are Africa, Colombia, and Cambodia. So I am blessed to be able to go back to Colombia and use the knowledge and experience that I have gained this past year to reach the needs of those who live there. God is doing so much to prepare me for this trip. See, I found that I was distracted by earthly things.. like, money, or my job, or my car, so on - so forth. I even found myself distracted from God because so some of my relationships. So as far as the whole earthly posessions, I didn't know how to deal with it. So I decided that the best thing was to use my posessions to help others around me! It has been awesome because I have just been able to serve like CRAZY! It is beautiful. And as for relationships, I had to step up and take the initiative to end one friendship because it was really just hurting me so much and I was trying to just uplift this friend on my own but now I have been reminded that only God can provide the true and eternal strength that we need so I have to leave things in his hands because he is the only one who can water the seeds that we plant in the heart of others. But yeah, so this is just heavy on my heart. I dont really know what else to talk about. I am hoping when we go to Colombia that I can talk to to Darren (our guide) about getting even more plugged in with YWAM than I already am. and that is it for now I guess.

God, kindle in me the desire to go anywhere, at anytime, at any cost. To do anything to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

nothing much,

So This week has been chaos. I have had ACT/MME testing all week and I have been stressed to the max. Yesterday I just went home and didn't move because my brain was fried haha. Today I went to lunch with the beautiful Phyllis and then we just walked all over wyandotte. We talked about our dreams and goals and stuff and it was really beautiful (except for when we were attacked by seagulls! hahahaa) But yeah. I dont really know. A lot is happening but its not all stuff that I feel like typing out. Things are getting better though and that's all that matters.
I am really inspired but it's all bottled up inside of me...




GOD HAS REALLY SHOWN ME HOW EFFECTIVE PRAYER IS.

East to West,

So much is on my heart. I haven't blogged in quite sometime but sooo much has happened. I am going back to Colombia, South America for another mission trip! I am so excited and I feel called to do so much more while I am there. Last year was my first out of country mission trip and I think that I was scared and nervous and I think I tried to hard to search for broken people. I have been praying since we got back from Colombia that I would recieve the chance to return and that God would use me even more. The past few months, God has really spoken to me. One thing that he has really taught me is to just listen to him. This year, I am going to Colombia more willing. I surrender myself and I am completely willing to be uncomfortable for God. I want to do everything to move Colombia. I don't to leave and have the people be the same. So in order to do the huge things that I know God is planning for me to do, I am working hard to do these things:

• read my bible more


• pray


• fast


• really just take time to listen to Gods voice over my own


• practice my spanish. A LOT.
  
• pray, pray, pray!!!!!!

and that is all I have but I am sure more will be coming.
If you are reading this and willing to pray as well, it would be greatly appreciated if you pray for the health of my teammates and myself, financial support, safe travels, and emotional and spiritual preparation. I am so excited for this trip especially because I have grown so much spiritually since this time last year and I know that it is going to make a HUGE difference.

Another thing still on my heart is the world race. Even though I will not be a participant until I am 21 years old, I am still trying to prepare spiritually and I am trying to really listen to God and have a heart like his. I long to be more like him every day in every way. I have been in contact with some of the administrators and they seem to be such great people. They are even sending me information about mission work I can do through them next summer. And they have a Uganda trip that is three months so I am really praying about it because I have felt called to go there for years now and I have always planned on it being when I graduated from school so this trip seems as if it would be perfect.

Outside of that, the rest is just life. Friday I went dress shopping with Cassandra and then we had dinner with my mom. After that, we went to her house and had a party for my lovely sister, alyshas, birthday party. Then Saturday was Ian and Ashleys wedding. It was beautiful. Then I hungout with Villian, Alysha, her two friends and the lovely Cassandra! c: But yeah, outside of that. There is nothing to really talk about. I mean, a lot is on my heart but nothing I can put into words quite yet!

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xoxox