NEW summer plans
Wow! The Lord just blows me away! I have had a strange chain of events happen to me recently. I was praying more about where the Lord wanted me to be in the fall. Since I was experiencing so much opposition from my family, it seemed like it was getting more and more difficult for me everytime I prayed. I spoke to a friend of mine, and he said to me "You know in your heart the the Honor Academy is not a cult...but maybe the Lord is showing you to postone it at this time. I thought about what he said...but I didn't really want that be the true answer. So, I prayed, and just cried out to the Lord. I just couldn't handle hurting my parents anymore, but I felt like the Lord was calling me to go to the HA. I kept asking the Lord, "Isn't there a way to honor you and my parents?" So I felt like I just needed to humble myself, and tell them that I want to show that I respect them. I told them that it hurts me a lot, but I will push back going. Right then you can just see the Lord speaking to them. The fruit was blossoming!! My mom, who was never excited about missions was suddenly pushing me to go on a missions trip!! So I did a little research...and filled out an application to go with Teen Mania. They called me right away before submitting my application, telling me I am going to the United Kingdom at the end of July for 2 weeks, and be a Missionary Advisor. Our mission in England is to teach a youth group how to more effectivly evangelize, and we go and do a lot of street evangelism.I am so excited, and I know the Lord has been training me in evangelism for a reason. Everything happened so quickly...I was blown away. Then I went out to California to visit my cousins in LA, and Teen Mania called asking if I want to go on the New Orleans trip instead and be an M.A. So I sat on it a bit, and things were not working out as planned for the U.K. So I am going to N.O. doing a lot of street evangelism. Then last night at church I was asked to help lead this evangelism class when we break up into small groups, and I will lead the girls group. I am sooooo excited. AND on top of all of this I lost my job! ha! It sounds bad, but it was a blessing! Because I knew I needed to move on, and the Lord kinda gave me a little push, but hopefully I will find something else soon!! ha, PRAISE GOD!!
I will write another entry about LA later, there was a lot of stuff going on out there!