The Journey.

I have been home for four days now and I can say for certain I am still in huge reverse culture shock. Both physically and mentally. Although I do have more hope for my body to recover much faster than my mind. It is so weird to feel this way. I almost cannot bear it. I am so very happy to be home don't get me wrong. I love seeing my family and my work family. I truly enjoy story time of the things God did through me while I was there and hugs from my mommy. There is something missing though. The longing is so real. It is like a constant state of longing for my future. A longing to embrace children who have never been loved. A longing to bring hope to a family who has none. A longing to be a missionary every single day for the rest of my life. This longing and desire that is so evident in my heart just pushes me I suppose. It pushes me to look at my school as my mission field for the last year I am so privileged to spend there. It pushes me to do every single thing I do to the glo...

7.20.13 Today was a good day. It was the day that we have been waiting on for months. But, more importantly it is the day that has been in the making for years. God has been preparing this since the beginning. This morning I got the change to go to Carlos Miranda stadium in Comayagua and pray over it with a team made of about 8 other people from the US. We were able to saturate it in prayer and the Holy Spirit really really showed up. It was great. Crying out on behalf of others lives is something that always takes me back. It humbles me. I know that one day someone did that for me so to be able to do it for thousands of others is crazy. We came back to the hotel for breakfast and team time and wow. Team time. We did the "Hot seat" game where people say great things about you while you sit in the middle of the circle then at the end they all pray over you. It was actually quite fun. Hearing what others think of you. One of the things people said about me is that I resemble...

It's kind of hard.  It's  Thursday night  and words will never be able to describe what I have experienced so far. God has shown me so many great things, wrecked my heart again, used me like never before and has just blown me away. I am so excited about what God is doing in Honduras. He is shaking a nation one child at a time. I am in awe. He is so so good.  Today I had a few opportunities to lead some classrooms to Jesus. What...  That was a new experience. Yes, I've told people about Jesus. But, honestly I can say I've never really lead anyone to him. Leading a classroom of over 60 children to Jesus was something I could never have imagined. It definitely taught me to rely on the Holy Spirit in a new way. Placing every breath and words in His hands to bring glory to His name is intense. I can say I had so much fun though. Allowing Him to work through me is the best thing ever. So today was great. The first classroom we went to I shared Emcee responsibili...

For some reason this didn't post July 12th when I had intended. Wifi isn't the strongest here ;) so bear with me. "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."  John 20:21 I am currently on a bus to Detroit to catch a flight and begin my journey to Honduras. We will be in Miami first for 2 days then we catch the presidents plane to Honduras. To say I am excited would not do these emotions any justice. I think I am more excited for this than I ever have been in my life.... for anything. Serving Jesus is what I love to do. His people, His nations.. It's what I was born to do. What gets me is that here I am, a 16 (17 in 2 days) year old that has done nothing what so ever to deserve such privileges except choose to follow Jesus and I am incredibly blessed. This will be the 3rd country I have traveled to and surely won't be the last.  Jesus says that I am a treasure, that I am loved, desired, worthy and so much more. Many days I have ...

For this is the day The Lord has made and we will rejoice and be GLAD in it.  Today was phenomenal. I don't have words to describe God's goodness. His mercies. His faithfulness. None of it. Today we traveled to two schools in Comayagua. One high school and one elementary school. I had the opportunity to share my testimony in these places. In the high school, after we were all done I had the opportunity to braid a few girls hair and just talk. We talked about family, our favorite things to do and even typical teenage girl things like boys. 😏  I had a great time. We went to lunch at a plaza and did some street ministry, inviting everyone to La Nueva Honduras. My team felt pulled to an old woman sitting on a bench. She told us that she could not walk without pain and that she faints sometimes when she walks too much. The Holy Spirit was THICK. We prayed over her many times and asked her to set her cane aside to walk in faith. She did. She did without pain. She won't eve...

I'm 17!!! I talked to my momma the other night and she said "I can't believe it! This is the first year in almost adulthood". Crazy. It feels like just yesterday I was my Grama's shadow and I had a bob haircut with a mad love for Hannah Montana (ehh.. I still do) or rocking out to J-E-S-U-S in Kidz Connect at church. Now here I am, sitting in a mhotel room awaiting my day which is jammed with practice to be a part of a country about to experience BIG change. This is crazy. If it were up to me my life would have paused at around 7th grade. I'm so so thankful that God had other plans. There isn't really a pause button in that plan to prosperity. Now I feel closer to God each day as I grow older. I can understand more, dig deeper and be used in different ways. For instance, this trip. If I were to pause at 12 years old I couldn't even think about going and definitely wouldn't be ready for what this next week stores. I used to hate growing up. I actual...

Well, I just got home from Myrtle Beach with 20 of my family members on Saturday morning at 3 am. I was so excited to be home. I was incredibly homesick by the end of the week... Which is incredibly weird because I was with my entire family but, I missed my family here that is for sure.  We left on Saturday morning headed towards my aunt Cindy's house in SC. It was quite an experience staying two nights in a house with 20 other people including a bunch of babies but we got through it. The weather was kind of horrible half the week which was no fun.. At all. So on the rainy days I relaxed and slept. Two things that I barely get to do! I had lots of fun with my family. We did lots of things such as Ripley's aquarium, Hard Rock Cafe, Broadway at The Beach, Tanning.. Lots of laying in the sun when it existed, and boogie boarding with my cousins was an absolute blast. Fireworks were something else though. Being away from home for the first time ever on Fourth Of July was so incredib...