PASSION 2011

PASSION 2011

(I ramble so this is not going to be grammatically correct in the least and I DON'T CARE!  I'm just so overwhelmed by what the Lord is doing that I am going to type and submit!!  NO THINKING HERE!!!)


So as you may know,  I have recently returned from and amazing journey that I like to call PASSION 2011!  I have found what the Lord wants my personal ministry to be,  WATER!!  I know that it may seem a little off but I will tell you why...

While at PASSION 2011 I did an exercise where I carried a 40 lb. jug of water 1/8 of a mile.  (I barley made it through the course.  If people hadn't been there cheering me on I wouldn't have made it.  I am so weak!  lol)  The reason for this exercise is to show you the struggles that children in other countries have to go through just to get water, 90% of which is not clean.  The children I read stories about from India and Uganda had to walk anywhere from 3-7 miles for dirty, gritty, nasty water.  We got to see the water that they drink everyday... it was really hard for me to see this because I have a "texture issue".  (I can't eat certain things, I can't drink certain things, I can't touch certain things... it really is hard sometimes to get over this "texture issue".)  With seeing what they had to struggle so hard for, I began to pray.  I prayed for a day about what God wanted me to do, did He want me to donate to the making of clean water wells in India or did He want me to donate to rescue women from sex trafficking or did He want me to adopt a Compassion International kid.  (Which I am still in prayer for!)  The Lord ended up laying on my heart the water issue.  I ended up getting in line to donate money to build the 15th water well sponsored by PASSION 2011-ATLANTA kids!  It made my day!  I began to praise the Lord for giving the money to donate.  I ended up donating my very last dollar!  (Which I was concerned about because Kelly and I still had to eat dinner that night and we didn't have anymore money. That night in community group, a member from our family group ended up giving us twice what I gave and said that the Lord told him to give it to us!  PRAISE & GLORY BE TO GOD!)  If you would like to help build clean water wells in India, follow the link and give:  dosomethingnow.com

So as we leave PASSION 2011 I start asking the Lord how I can use my "water ministry" to glorify His name and expand His kingdom.  The Lord then lays on my heart to pay someones water bill that is struggling,  I did!  I know it was the right thing! 

I feel like I am over flowing with a desire to be used by the Lord to make a difference in this world.   I am currently praying for a mission trip opportunity.  No matter where it is or where I will go, I just want to Lord to use me!  I ask that you pray for me and my journey on this earth.  That I HEAR His voice and LISTEN to what he tells me!


Prayer Requests:
(I am asking for prayer in these areas, if you have a need or a request, comment on this blog and I will pray for you and help in any way I can)

- Me adopting a Compassion International Child
- The mission trip I want to take
- My water ministry
- personal strength
- my parents, my mom just got laid off.  The Lord is continuing to bless them, but prayer is needed.  (it was kind of a blessing in disguise)
- That the Lord sends people to me so that I can share His love with them.
- personal finances, so that I can continue to give to the causes I believe the Lord wants me to.