Joyous beginnings

This week has blown my mind already and we’re still in America!

The night before I left for this insane adventure I spent time with close friends/mentors and family and as we were praying, my worship pastor felt God was leading Him to ask what my name means, it means brave. He told me that He felt that there was more to that and to be sensitive to that. 

As I sat in my seat on the airplane Friday morning a movie preview came on and surely enough it was about a girl and the title was “brave”. All I could do was to simply smile and recognize that God is trying to show me something. 

So fast forward, I walked into the first session of training camp with my team and one of the first quotes was “sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane bravery”, and the word “brave” was said several times. Once again, I had no idea what this meant or in what way God was calling me to be brave. 

Last night we did a group exercise, the first team just had to close their eyes while the second team walked up to someone on the first team and laid their hand on them. The first team would keep their eyes closed and then speak the words of God onto the person in front of them, not knowing who it was. The first time I went up to someone, nothing they said really resonated with me. The second time I walked up to a girl and all she kept saying was how she felt a literal heat of raging fire and passion radiating from me and a place where the holy spirit dwells and is moving and creating boldness inside of me. I was absolutely blown away by her words, almost to a point where I couldn’t react right away and just needed time to let it sink it and process it.

The Lord had made it evident in more ways than one that all I need to do is listen to His voice and respond in bravery and boldness as an act of obedience to him and his will for me. Whatever that may look like in different situations.

My heart is overflowing with joy to finally get to Uganda and do life with these people and experience my God in a whole new way. My team is incredible and it is evident that God has each of us here for a purpose. 

While I am going to miss you all SO very much, I am so stoked to get to Uganda and seek Gods will and purpose for this trip, for this team, and for my life. 

“Our job is to love each person, one at a time, to stop and lend help everyday for each of the suffering and the sick” 
-Compelled by Love