A few years ago, I remember our team leader imparting those wise words onto our team. "With missions, we always have to be infinitely flexible."
A few weeks ago, I shared this very phrase with my youth group students, as we began to prepare for our week long trip to serve at Kickapoo Friends Center in Oklahoma.
Now I find myself practicing what I preach. At the exact amount of 40 days away from leaving for my DTS with YWAM, I received an email from the base in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, letting me know that they are not able to make this July school a bi-lingual program.
Long story short, after much prayer and seeking to really hear God's voice, I had a calm assurance that God was telling me that it is still the time to go...it's just going to be somewhere else!
In the last two weeks, I have been officially accepted into the YWAM Reef to Outback Pacific DTS program in Townsville, Australia (The original location I wanted to go to six years ago!), got my student visa, booked my flight, re-routed my DR flight over to a flight from Oklahoma to LA, and LA to Indy, and have paid the course deposit for the school.
Side Note: This is Mission Roo! My mom sent this to me about 5 1/2 years ago, when I was going to leave school to start missions. After some prayer, God made it clear that he wanted me to finish up college first. Mission Roo was sent to me as an encouragement during the times that I wanted to be exploring missions. Mom said, "Hold onto this when you are ready to go, and know that God will send you when it's time. Someday, it will happen..."
I now officially have 3 days until I leave my family and friends in Indiana, and then will officially leave on July 14th from Oklahoma.
Reality is setting in, and I am still in shock that I am going to Australia!!!
It's such an amazing thing to trust in Jesus, and the more I allow myself to lean on him, the more I find him catching me in his arms. This song pretty much covers how I have been feeling and what I have been learning...Sweep Me Away: Kari Jobe
So yes, the last few weeks have been a huge whirlwind and I find myself exhausted and frazzled one minute, and overjoyed and giddy the next minute. Through the ups and downs, the many changes in this course, all I can say is that I have learned so much. Funny thing is...I haven't even left the country yet!
If this is just the beginning, then I can only imagine what God has in store...
Check out this song...May we all trust and follow our creator...I Will Follow- Chris Tomlin
Enamorado,
Abby
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