SO....I have now graduated from the Harvest School of Missions! wow...I can't believe 10 weeks have already gone by here in Africa. Seems like just yesterday I was sitting at home in the states wishing I was here! Time has flown by! Jesus is so so good. Alot has happened in the last two weeks...but the worst has been in the last 48 hours! ha. I really hate the enemy! He has tried to still my joy the last few days but I praise Jesus while saying HE HASN'T and HE WON'T! Two days ago I found out that I had used my debit card at a restaurant one night here in Africa and somehow someone hacked into my bank account and started taking money out! Yesterday I found out that they've pulled $500 out of my acccount!! Pretty much everything I have to my name..HA! Now I'm left with about $100 in my account and payments to be made before I even return to the states! Its ok though...JESUS is gonna MULTIPLY it! Shakanana! The bank for the credit card machine is going to start an investigation on Monday and I'm praying that Jesus will sort it all out. Lots of companies and are very corrupt here so I'm praying for Jesus to use this to change lives!! YES JESUS, use this to bring yourself Glory, let this be a testimony of your faithfulness! Hallelujah! I say this to say that Im not worried AT ALL! Jesus is still on the throne He is in control! It feels so good to be walking in His will and totally relying on Him. Its amazing....when situations like this arise and normally anyone would panic and worry, I have total PEACE! HA! Some of you might even think I'm crazy but Papa is really that good. My life and everything I have is in His hands and I know he knows my every need. I am His son, chosen and marked by Him for eternal Glory! I pray that this peace be poured out on you as you read this blog. Any situation, any circumstance, it doesn't matter Jesus is the giver of Peace and Joy. Give it to HIM! He loves honoring our faith by providing every need. He is the giver of life itself! When we rest in the fullness of faith in Him we don't have to worry. He is the best Dad in the whole world! I pray you get wrecked in the Glory with an outpuring of His peace and joy! Jesus is amazing. Thank you Papa, you are the best in the whole world. I feel like a little kid...It's fun...never having to worry about anything! Childlike faith is the best. Just like when a little child falls down and scrapes his knee, he cries and he doesn't ask his Daddy to pick him up, hold him and kiss it and make it better...He has FAITH in his Daddy, he knows that his Daddy will pick him up and even kiss it and MAKE IT BETTER! Ha! I think this is a prophetic statement...not only will Papa pick us up and provide and love us, He will go beyond that and MAKE IT BETTER than it was before. Thats the kind of faith Jesus wants us to live in. Not only relying on Him to fix our problems or our trials but to know that HE is GOOD ENOUGH to MAKE IT EVEN BETTER! I love knowing that not only will Jesus replace what the enemy has stolen from me but He will MAKE IT EVEN BETTER! Sheesh we have a good Daddy. I pray right now in Jesus name that if you have any worry, any pain, any hurt, any trial or tribulation that you give it to Him and BE A CHILD. Trust Papa that He will pick you up and love on you and make you all better. He's that good. If you don't know it...just read the word. The word is PROOF that He is always good. His love has never failed and it never will. Well, Im off in the morning to Tete! We leave base here in Pemba at 6 in the morning on a 3 day drive to Tete...Tete is on the south west border of Mozambique near Zimbabwe and Malawi. We will be living in the bush for 18 days showing Jesus films, leading people to Jesus, praying for the sick, training young pastors, and working on renovating what was once a former brothel..now its our base and home to one of our amazing missionaries Marlene! Im really excited to see what all Jesus is going to do! I probably won't have any internet access for almost 3 weeks so I hope this blog will bless you for a while! Ha. I look forward to returning to the states for a little while to see many of your beautiful faces and hug your necks! I pray you are blessed in the fullness of HIS JOY, LOVE and PEACE! Blessings in Jesus amazing mighty name!
Hey brothers and sisters! I have created this blog to share the journey that the Lord is taking me on over the next several months. Hopefully through what I experience during my time in Africa God is Glorified, your heart touched and your faith increased! I'm so blessed but completely unworthy of the opportunity that has been given me and I hope that I am able to perhaps "bring you along on this mission" through sharing what the Lord does during this season of my life.
2 Corinthians 9:8-13:
"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all suffieciency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
As is is written:
"He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever."
Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God."
For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, while through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you."
"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all suffieciency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
As is is written:
"He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever."
Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God."
For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, while through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you."
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