"God my human mind cannot comprehend
what is going on I know that nothing
is impossible or bigger than you. If
you want me to apply and be accepted
Then I know you will make it happen.
I know that if I'm suppose to be on
a plane to Canada in January then
you will make it happen. Blow my mind"
This was the prayer that Sunday afternoon walking to my car after lunch. A lot has happened since then and really most of it has occurred in the last 36-40 hrs. Just to recap I wanted to go on an extensive missions trip for several reasons, mostly for the fact that it may be a calling. My plans wanted me to wait till next fall, God's plans wanted me to apply now.
I took a leap of faith and followed through with God's way which has lead to a long month of impatience and a lot of anxious times. Through it I have been able to learn a lot about this fruit of the spirit. One thing that has stuck out in that time period was this simple fact, "Don't miss what God wants to teach you in your time of waiting. It's just preparing you for what you will encounter next."
I had a phone interview yesterday (Monday) in which the guy told me that he would send me an e-mail later that day to inform me if I would be going to Canada or not. I received that e-mail and read the words that I had wished to read for a month, "Congrats, were accepting you to go to Canada."
In a little less than 2 months, I'll take my comfortable life in East Tennessee and move it to a spiritually dark and (literally) cold place with 1 friend from home and no family or any other friends. The remaining time that I have left till I leave is crucial to what will happen in the 4 months that follow. I am grateful that I have people that are plugging into me to build me up as I prepare.
What started as a surreal feeling has become a real feeling. I am answering God's call to go minister in Quebec, Canada. The Audio Adrenaline song explains its best;
"I'm willing yet so afraid
You give me strength
When I say
I want to be your hands
I want to be your feet
I'll go where you send me
And I try, Yea I try
To touch the world
Like you touched my life
And I find my way
To be your hands."
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying: "Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." Isaiah 6:8-9. The journey has begun.
