In 164 days I will be getting on a plane to fly to some place in Canada-Ontario to be specific to go serve at some church for 2 WHOLE months. June 4-August 6. Then 2 days later move back into the dorm.
Let me tell you how all this has happened.
Pre East Asia:
Everybody was talking about kamps they would work at or doing summer missions or interning at church or taking classes. Literally I said I was doing each of these things but I knew I could only pick one. But I had no idea and I was ok with that-I just wanted to know. But God knew how it should have happened- and praise to Him I waited.
In East Asia:
I fell madly in love with the call to missions. I don't know if I am called-I am terrified to say I am, however I can totally see myself living in a hostile country teaching music somehow. I didn't want to say yes to summer missions in case I didn't like it. Well the opposite happened-I fell in love and I can't fall out so the only thing left to do is to GO.
Post East Asia:
It was as if it was a 'duh' thing. I decided to do summer missions. Now the deadline was BEFORE Christmas break. Here I am the middle of January wanting to apply to the NAMB. For some reason Jesus let me through. So I spend 6 hours draining myself into this application. Get 5 references turned in, in just one day. Do a local interview and realize that I will be in Dallas, TX for the state interview. Without that you can't go. So we set up at time to skype in.
So praise the Lord for my RD, a wonderful friend, bible partner, Mel. We go to a room that should have internet my computer and the one she has was not working. My phone is the only line left and it had 5% battery left. Mel randomly pulls out a phone charger. Who keeps a phone charger in their bag? Apparently Jesus put it there for me. Thanks.
So I get on and apparently the people I was going to skype with-their internet stopped working so we had to do the interview over the phone. I put it on speaker phone so Mel could hear the questions I was answering. It went great. The end-their phone died which was pretty funny! But they told me then I was probably going to Canada.
Insert awesome Jesus moment:
The phone charger was not Mels. Her's was in the hotel room. Apparently somehow some other phone charger back in C-town ended up in her bookbag!!!!!!! Really Jesus? Like-how can you NOT claim Jesus over that one.
Confirmation Call:
Heidi calls at like 10pm and informs me I am going to Canada! I obviously see the world stop and just am enthralled and so excited. I find out the next day-
so each summer missionary is assigned a place and most people have a partner to go with.
My place-it has on it one missionary requested
HELLLLLLO
that is me-I am going to some place in Canada to serve.
I am scared out of my freaking mind. I wonder what in the world God is going to do.
I am so excited though-right now I am more scared.
I pray God takes that away-FAST. I need to surrender it to Him.
