Well Christmas has come and gone now and that means that the New Year is already. What a crazy year of adventure it has been for me. So many lessons the Lord has taught me this year, and so many transitions for me. Moving to Denver and going to India.
My time in India is coming to end. I will be leaving India on February 1st and flying back into Denver on the 2nd. It is going to be hard leaving these precious girls behind but the memories I have will always be with me. What a special time to be able to help train these young girls for the ministry here in India. I see many of them being leaders here; I believe they are the ones that will help bring this nation to understand the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Something that I has been on my mind since serving here in India is this: there was a book I read called Living Water by brother Yun and a quote in it that really has stayed with me. “Don’t be someone God didn't make you".
Many times here I just wished I could be someone so great, so smart, so athletic, so artsy and many other things. I wanted to do more than the Lord had me doing here. Often our days were spent doing small tasks; things that I just didn't think were of use. I wanted to be someone so different than who I was. But the Lord had a special purpose for me here, working in a children's home in India - coming to understand the FATHER's love for me in such a deeper way through the love that I felt every day in seeing those bright and beautiful faces. God wanted me to be just me... and share that with them.
These children have impacted me in ways that I will never forget. Funny thing is the ministry here is called Impact of Hope and they definitely have done that for me and I believe will do it for this nation. One more thing I would like to ask is that you could all pray for these children. They have a tough future being here in India and my heart is burdened for them.
Well this might be my last blog until I return home to the states in February. I am looking forward to seeing and sharing with you all more of what the Lord is doing here.
I pray that this New Year will be a blessed time for you and your families. I love you all and thank you so much for supporting me on this journey to India. God is so good.
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