[Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever HEBREWS 13:8]
UN comfortably COMFORTABLE.
This word has taken on a whole new meaning here in a land called africa.
Where there is nothing familiar except my Father.
Nothing predictable except His presence.
And nothing so uncomfortably comfortable
Dear Ones,
Oh what a journey these last few weeks have been. I literally got off the plane in Accra, Ghana feeling like a fish out of water that was told to swim a marathon (if fish really swam marathons). Overwhelming is an understatement for all the thoughts and feelings I was experiencing. This town is always loud and always busy. The people in Accra get up around 4:30 or 5:00am every morning and get to bed around 11 or 12 at night. They spend most of their time in traffic for 2 hours going to a place that should take 20. But the most evident and prominent thing I noticed is that they know how to worship our Lord with everything they are. They are like a kid on Christmas morning with every church service they attend. When they worship they truly WORSHIP. Nothing else matters in that moment, they just dance and sing before their Jesus. Scripture is always on their lips and in their prayers. They have taken His word and written it so intimately on their hearts that they can’t wait to share with you. Needless to say, I will learn and be stretched in this new fish bowl.
My first couple of days here were spent getting ready for training of the incoming missionaries. I have learned what it is to be so grateful for color copies and copy machines in general, as it took me three days to get 40 information packs done. We officially started our Foundational Training on the 29th of August. We have 30 missionaries that we are training to work in six different churches, and hoping to reach over 30 different schools. When we are in worship sometimes I just sit back and think about how incredible this new season is. To know that God would chose me to be apart of something so big leaves me awe struck.
To describe this past week as eventful would be an understatement. I smile just thinking about all the different adventures this week actually entailed. For Foundational Training we are living in a house together. We lost electricity for a day and half and had no water for two and half days. This makes for interesting showers, cleaning dishes, and toilet experiences. I have learned what it is to be grateful for all types of water {drinking, shower, toilet, dishwashing, and hand washing} oh how glorious each one is! The schedule changed literally every day and I learned a whole new meaning to being flexible. Along with that I have had over 30 mosquito bites, and we had a poisonous snake as a visitor. Through it all, time and time again, I realized that nothing and I mean nothing can stop us from worshiping Jesus, and that was clear from day 1. Power or no power, water or no water, Jesus will be praised.
I have learned that My Lord’s mercies are new every single day. That although each second is so uncertain He will always remain. Each person we will be able to reach will because we are totally and utterly reliant on His provision. For that vision I will gladly be uncomfortably comfortable.
The song by Jesus Culture puts it best:
[ I surrender]
All to you, I surrender
Everything
Every part of me
All to you, I surrender
All to you, I surrender
All of my dreams
All of me
I surrender
I surrender
cause I trust you God
I surrender
All my hope is in you
and I surrender
Thank you for making this opportunity possible and for the continued support and prayers. I am more grateful then you will ever know. Please pray that I will continue to surrender and lay everything I am at His feet. That He will be able to use me mightily as I live uncomfortably comfortable for His name sake.
