Our God

I cannot tell you how good God is. He is so faithful and righteous and sovereign and true. And yes, its easy for me to say this right now, but I believe it. I want to tell you what He has done because I have to praise Him for it! I want to shout it out to everyone!

Last year in Hungary, I really felt like God was calling me back. I've had an addiction/love affair with missions since I went on my first real missions trip after eighth grade. And last summer, God moved my heart. I connected with the people there in such a deep way. I was able to talk with them about things that usually take years of friendship to get to. God moved my hear to do His will, and He left me with this incredible desire to go back. I mentioned it to one of the pastors' wives, Ildi, and she got excited and started planning. She mentioned it to my youth pastor, who was excited. I got home, emailed my missions pastor, and he jumped on board as well! It has taken eight months - EIGHT MONTHS - to get the approval for this. I've had to send countless annoying emails to my missions pastor, Jimbo, nagging and nagging him for information. I know I've driven him, and thus the Paulus people, crazy with this. But today I got the email saying I could plan on going!

God is so good! He gave me this desire to go back, and He asked me to step out in faith that it would happen. He gave me the courage to say yes, He laid it on my heart to be persistent, and in the end, He made it happen! He gave me this love for these people, and He is not willing to let it lie fallow. Even if this past fall, all the things I've learned this year, happened and I didn't end up getting to go to Hungary this summer, it was still worth it. The Lord has taught me so much about Himself, what He asks of me, what it means for me to follow Him, what it means to love other people and desperately desire for them to know Him, and so much more. I am so honored and humbled that God takes the time to do these things in me! I am so amazed.

I still have a lot of work to do. I have to raise a lot of money. Please pray for that. I don't have much time. But I am confident in my God. He is great, He is stronger, He is higher, and His plan will be accomplished! I am so in awe. I can't even believe it. Praise the Lord!