Sorry about the delay

Ok so I just want to apologize to ya’ll because I am such a terrible blogger! I’m really sorry that I don’t post very often. This summer I have been working 40 hours a week and there just isn’t that much time to sit down and have some time to myself these days.

Update on Africa:
I have submitted an application to work at Amani Baby Cottage in Uganda! I have not heard back from them yet and am waiting for their response so I will know when I can go and volunteer. I have requested to stay for about 3 months. I am very excited about going!

I don’t know if ya’ll know who Gwen Oatsvall is or not, but let me just tell you she is an AMAZING woman of God and has such a huge heart for the orphans. She is such an encourager to me on my journey and I am so thankful that she is in my life. In the midst of being a mother to 5 and an administrator at Amazima Ministries, she is willing to help me raise money that I will need when I go to Uganda. She has a t-shirt coming out in August. If you order a shirt from her through pay-pal and write my name in the order, she is willing to donate some of her proceeds to me! How amazing is that! I look up to Gwen so much and love being around her. She is living a life following the Lord’s path and not her own path! I love her to death! Thanks Gwen for all you do for me!

Life Update:
Lately I have been in one of those slumps where it seems really hard to keep my faith going strong. I know that it’s not always going to be an easy journey because it wouldn’t be faith if everything was easy all the time. But God is so good and I can feel Him working in me.

“Keep walking with Me along the path I have chosen for you. Your desire to live close to Me is a delight to My heart. I could instantly grant you the spiritual riches you desire, but that is not My way for you. Together we will forge a pathway up the high mountain. The journey is arduous at times, and you are week. Someday you will dance lightfooted on the high peaks; but for now, your walk is often plodding and heavy. All I require of you is to take the next step, clinging to My hand for strength and direction. Though the path is difficult and the scenery dull at the moment, there are sparkling surprises just around the bend. Stay on the path I have selected for you. It is truly the path of life.”

So the other morning when I just couldn’t feel God around I opened up my Jesus Calling book and this was the entry for that day. Coincidence? I think not. This was the first day that I had opened this book in about a month and God knew exactly why I decided to open it that day. He knew that this is what I needed to hear from Him. How much clearer can He get?

Now I am doing better with my faith than I was a few weeks ago. I have realized (not for the first time) that God is in control of everything, that God knows exactly what I need, that God’s timing for things is so much better than I could have even imagined, and that God is the one I need to put full trust in. He will take care of everything when the timing is right. He is not going to let you get too far into a slump that you can’t get out. He will wake you up one morning and lead you to His word and basically scream at you what you need to hear so that you don’t miss the message He is trying to tell you.

“If the Lord delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him in His right hand.” –Psalm 37:23-24

“You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” –Psalm 16:11