Hey Ya'll,
Thank you so much for joining us in our upcoming journey to India!
For now, the main focus of this lovely space will be the stories to be had of however Christ should choose to use two [blondish] prideful, broken, American girls who decided to go live [for a month] on a rural mountain in the middle no where India in hopes that God will work through our brokenness, that His name might be known to all ends of the earth. Whooh!
How He choses to use us, completely ineloquent in word and deed, unversed in this missionary lifestyle, and still slightly dreading the squatty potties, heat, and odd foods, we have only an attempt at obedience to His calling listed on our qualification record and yet, I just know this is the gospel going out in flesh and I want to offer it up faithfully with a lose grip.
It's not mine to hold tight, anyhow. Not in the sense of keeping it quiet and personal.
I never thought I would teach, or even think about thinking about teaching. I haven't ever had this divine moment where I felt called to India either. I just love these people. And I am humbled to hear testimony of what God is indeed already doing through these villagers hearts and lives. And so when the invitation was expressed, I knew this was a door being held open by steel bars of God's grace in my life and as the year has progressed, the holy spirit has nudged me on through.
And after the Lord worked in some sweet ways, my friend Sydney decided she was supposed to go too!
I am so thankful God is sending this girl with me because:
1. Our hair is closer to matching and more likely to make us stand out--maybe that 2am impromptu hair dying session was a mistake, but team bonding at its finest--check.
2. The boys I nanny have asked where "Miss Sydney" is about ten times today and it's only noon.
3. She likes food, all food. She really likes trying new, weird food too. And I am quite possibly the leader of picky-food-eaters anonymous. Perfect, you see?
4. We already have a book list too weighty to fit in only one checked bag--so now we can use two bags AND share books. Hah.
5. She is moving across the country after this trip, so we might as well make the separation a bit more painful by spending a month together in India first. And we both agree.
6. She knows how to roll with the punches like the best of em' and she is patient. So while I wrestle my schedule and to-do lists into that red dirt, she will flourish on "India time" and maybe teach me a thing or two in the process.
7. God has gifted her in language skills while He's refining my gifting to write. So she can communicate while I scribe. Watch out, ya'll.
8. Over dinner last week, I asked a semi-rehtorical question regarding details listed in the ten plagues of Exodus. Her interpretation was completely different then mine. The wrong vs. right faded as we talked scripture to each other over pasta. A month of this, God will use to teach me much.
9. On a more serious note, we prayed together for forty days and through it, God called us to this trip--so ultimately obedience is fleshing out in the going together and trusting the Lord with the rest!
10. God spoke to me through a burning bush last week--and here we are some "Moses--Aaron" wanna be combo.
This is a safe place to wrestle and encourage and challenge and story tell.
We are going to serve with a ministry called Life Change International, hence the blog address. We hope to be able to continue sharing updates and information via this blog even after returning from our trip. We will see how that all plays out. But for now, please join us in the journey!!
You can check out my India journey last year that led to this return trip over here.
Again, thank you for your support and prayers. We are excited to see what the Lord is doing and continues to do!
For now, the main focus of this lovely space will be the stories to be had of however Christ should choose to use two [blondish] prideful, broken, American girls who decided to go live [for a month] on a rural mountain in the middle no where India in hopes that God will work through our brokenness, that His name might be known to all ends of the earth. Whooh!
How He choses to use us, completely ineloquent in word and deed, unversed in this missionary lifestyle, and still slightly dreading the squatty potties, heat, and odd foods, we have only an attempt at obedience to His calling listed on our qualification record and yet, I just know this is the gospel going out in flesh and I want to offer it up faithfully with a lose grip.
It's not mine to hold tight, anyhow. Not in the sense of keeping it quiet and personal.
I never thought I would teach, or even think about thinking about teaching. I haven't ever had this divine moment where I felt called to India either. I just love these people. And I am humbled to hear testimony of what God is indeed already doing through these villagers hearts and lives. And so when the invitation was expressed, I knew this was a door being held open by steel bars of God's grace in my life and as the year has progressed, the holy spirit has nudged me on through.
And after the Lord worked in some sweet ways, my friend Sydney decided she was supposed to go too!
I am so thankful God is sending this girl with me because:
1. Our hair is closer to matching and more likely to make us stand out--maybe that 2am impromptu hair dying session was a mistake, but team bonding at its finest--check.
2. The boys I nanny have asked where "Miss Sydney" is about ten times today and it's only noon.
3. She likes food, all food. She really likes trying new, weird food too. And I am quite possibly the leader of picky-food-eaters anonymous. Perfect, you see?
4. We already have a book list too weighty to fit in only one checked bag--so now we can use two bags AND share books. Hah.
5. She is moving across the country after this trip, so we might as well make the separation a bit more painful by spending a month together in India first. And we both agree.
6. She knows how to roll with the punches like the best of em' and she is patient. So while I wrestle my schedule and to-do lists into that red dirt, she will flourish on "India time" and maybe teach me a thing or two in the process.
7. God has gifted her in language skills while He's refining my gifting to write. So she can communicate while I scribe. Watch out, ya'll.
8. Over dinner last week, I asked a semi-rehtorical question regarding details listed in the ten plagues of Exodus. Her interpretation was completely different then mine. The wrong vs. right faded as we talked scripture to each other over pasta. A month of this, God will use to teach me much.
9. On a more serious note, we prayed together for forty days and through it, God called us to this trip--so ultimately obedience is fleshing out in the going together and trusting the Lord with the rest!
10. God spoke to me through a burning bush last week--and here we are some "Moses--Aaron" wanna be combo.
This is a safe place to wrestle and encourage and challenge and story tell.
We are going to serve with a ministry called Life Change International, hence the blog address. We hope to be able to continue sharing updates and information via this blog even after returning from our trip. We will see how that all plays out. But for now, please join us in the journey!!
You can check out my India journey last year that led to this return trip over here.
Again, thank you for your support and prayers. We are excited to see what the Lord is doing and continues to do!
