So a week ago I had no idea where our Lord would be sending me to serve during deaconess internship. Lima, Peru it is! What a wonderful weekend it was, with all the excitement, worship opportunities, friends and family visiting, and catching the next little glimpse of the journey with my Lord. He's cracked the door on this next season of life in Peru, and only He knows all that lies beyond.
The reality is starting to sink in, amid the excitement and hype, that I'm actually going to be living 3,000 miles+ away from Indiana, and that my time at Concordia is limited... only 3 more weeks! Weird...
How God has blessed me! With all the lessons (some tough... most... let's be real) He's taught me in the past 4 years, with all the life-altering friends and "soul sisters" (you know who you are), and all the opportunities to love folks with His love! I wouldn't trade these experiences and memories for anything, yet my heart feels ready for the next adventure.
I know that I am far from immune to fear and anxiety... wish that I was! But I am thankful not only because I know I am forgiven for when I do lack a trusting heart and outlook, but also because I am about to be thrust into a world of seriously relying on the provision of God through other people (fundraising!), humbly relearning how much material possessions don't really matter (packing!), and leaning completely on my God as I become the "outsider" in a foreign land and am integrated into the Peruvian congregation of hermanos y hermanas.
My prayer as of today is that Jesus would give my heart peace about the future because He's already there, that He would continue to bless the work being done here and in Lima in His name, and that He would keep my heart appropriately focused on my current mission field here among my hermanos y hermanas here in River Forest.
Love to anyone reading this, in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
You are so very deeply loved and don't you forget it! ;)
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