For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45 (NIV)
I recently received my acceptance letter for World Wide Witness. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a missions program at ACU. They send about 80-90 students to different countries across the globe for internships either during the summer or year round. In my case, I will be out of the states for about 8-10 weeks next summer. For the time being, my sights are set on Zimbabwe, Africa. Unless God has someplace different in mind, that is where I will be spending the Summer of 2012. While I am in Zimbabwe, I will be showing God's love to the orphans living there. Most of these orphans live on one meal a day. Having grown up in America, it's hard for me to imagine having so little food. I don't thank God enough for blessing me with the things that I have. I'm excited about this opportunity that God has presented to me and I can't wait to see what He has in store. What a blessing it is to have a God who cares about His children so deeply.
Over the next few months, I will be updating this blog in order to share my thoughts and progression in my Spiritual walk. I will probably post a new blog at least once or twice a month. Once I am in Africa, I will update more frequently about how God is working in Zimbabwe. I ask that you keep the children of Zimbabwe in your prayers. Pray for their well being and spiritual growth. Pray that they are able to feel God's love. I ask that you pray for God to grant me wisdom as I prepare to teach those little ones about Him and how much they are loved. I also ask that you pray that God will provide ways for me to raise the funds I need to go to Zimbabwe. There is so much power in prayer. It's easy to forget that sometimes but Luke 11:9-10 (NIV) says:
So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Blessings to you.
