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I know it seems a little bit crazy that a 17-year-old girl who hasn’t even graduated high school can feel God speaking to her. If someone had told me that God was speaking to them and they had a very strong feeling that he was telling them to go somewhere that would put them in danger about 5 months ago, I would have thought that they were crazy too. God has really been working in my life over the past few months. He has softened my heart and has shown me how much he loves me.
Last week I felt like God gave me a real confirmation to my desire to go to Africa. My mom and dad have been supportive of my desire all along. On Friday my mom ran into two people that have lived in Africa and still go frequently. She had not seen either of these two women in a long time and saw them both on the same day. She told them of my desire to go to Africa and that I would like to talk with them. Then at the football game she asked me to tell my story to another woman who immediately shared with me connections that she has in an orphanage in Uganda. She said she would love to arrange for me to talk with her friend. I really felt like this was God’s way of saying “You have every tool you need to get over there, use them, find out as much as you can, and then when My time is right, I will send you to love these orphans the way that I have loved you.” It seems crazy to me too that I feel this so strongly. I know that at any minute God can take this away from me and tell me that I am hearing Him wrong.
Last week I got a call from the basketball coach at Covenant College, and he wants me to come see the campus, visit classes and chapel, and then practice with the team. At first, this seemed a little contradictory to everything that I have felt God saying. Then I talked to my mom and she told me that this isn’t contradicting anything. “You need to have a strong Biblical background to support you during the spiritual warfare that you might encounter while in Africa. Covenant would be great for this because you would be going to bible classes and chapels everyday and would get a stronger understanding of the Bible.”
I love my mom more than anything! She is supporting me through all of this! She is helping me figure out how to balance going to Africa and going to college. She is an amazing mom! She sees everything that God is doing in my life and wants it so bad for me. She is everything I could ever want in a mom! She is there for me always. I don’t know what I would do without her! Thank you for all that you do mom!! I LOVE YOU!
I have asked God to tell me that this is the right decision for my life so many times. I feel like every time I ask Him, He gives me an answer, even if I don’t realize that He is answering me.
Please continue to pray for my family and all of the decisions that we have make. Pray that God will lead me where He wants me to be. Pray for the orphans in the world. They are so helpless and lost and your prayers are more powerful than you can even imagine.
Thank ya’ll so much for your prayers! They are greatly appreciated!

Awaiting Africa

God really is good! Everything He does in life is for a reason. His timing is so wonderful and perfect, even when you don’t believe it. He always provides for you when it is needed! Everything He does is for your benefit, even when it feels like He is against you. You are His child! He doesn’t want to hurt you! He wants you to grow and become the best you can be!
I have become more aware of all of these things in the past few months. It took me awhile to learn these things on my own, and now I am seeing them first-hand.
For several years, I have felt God giving me a heart for orphans and caring for children. I have prayed for years for the orphans in the world. Recently I have felt God tugging at my heart, telling me that I should go to Africa to work in an orphanage.
For the past year or so I have been praying that God will show me what His call on my life is and where he wants me. I have only been on one mission trip, but ever since then, I have felt like that is where God wants me; on the mission field.
I feel like I have heard some very clear answers from God these past couple of months. I feel confident that this is what He wants me to do. I plan to go to Africa as soon as I can. The first time that I go will only be a short term trip, just to get my feet wet. I feel sure that I will go more than once, and the second time I go will hopefully be for much longer. I don’t have details about when or where I am going. I don’t know yet what organization I might go with. I do think I want to go to either Ethiopia or Uganda.
I would love it if you could pray for me. Pray for the decision of when to go. Pray for where to go. Pray for how I might best be of service to the Lord. Pray that I make the right decision about what organization to go with. Pray for the decision of what to do about college. Pray for my heart that when I do go that I will be aware of God’s presence and trust Him always. Pray for my family that they will be understanding (which they have been) and trust God with my safety while in Africa. Pray for the orphans in the world.

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