"God's work done God's way will never lack God's supply."

 - Hudson Taylor

This quote is written on my chalkboard in my room so when I wake up in the morning I can see it and be reminded that this trip I am heading out on in 3 short months is not my trip it's God's trip and Gods missions that he has asked me to join him on. He has all the supplies ready for it and it will not lack one single supply.

Throughout the last few weeks I have been reminded to continually turn this time of my life and this trip I have been invited on back to God. When I do  that I find that I stress less about the financial aspect of the trip, I stress less about what to do about school before I leave, I stress less about leaving my family in the midst of a tough time, I stress less about what I am going to do when I come back because it is in his hands and he has got it under control. I really like to control things but I find my life WAY easier when I just had the control over to him. I'm pretty sure that this will be a life long lesson for me to learn.

On Wednesday, 2/22/12, I meet with my missions pastor just to have a monthly check in about where I am in the preparations process.  We talked about things to be praying through, the financial side of things, my family, and everything else. I left his office feeling encouraged. Nothing specific was said no big news was shared. I was just encouraged that I was part of church who was so excited about what God was doing in my life and a church who is so willing and excited to partner with me in whatever way possible. Once again I was reminded that this is one of the supplies that God is providing for me. A church body of support that is praying for me and encouraging me as I pursue what I feel that Lord is calling me to.


As time progress and I am learning more and more about the beauty of God's time I am more confident in my faith of His work, His Way, and His supplies versus my own. I promise his way and his time has been WAY better than my own anyways! 


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Jackie

P.S. I have a few stories but I'll save those for another post!
P.S.S. If you haven't seen it yet check out the video in my previous post. It will give you a little taste of what I am doing this summer!

Just A Little Taste...

This video is to give you  just a little taste of what I will be doing this summer. This was taken at the Cheb Camp which I attended as a missionary on the American Team sent from Grace Baptist Church. Two brothers, Viktor and Patrik who live in Czech, took all the footage and Patrik edited the video! Every time I watch this my heart gets racing with excitement for this coming summer. I hope you enjoy it!

Delight your self in the Lord

" Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4

" Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In ALL your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths."  Proverbs 3:5-6

These two verse have been a running theme in my life for the last three weeks. These are such common verse and we have a tendency to just skim right over them. The Lord has really used them to change my heart over the last few weeks.  I am learning the importance of really delighting myself in the Lord and being truly satisfied in Him and not other things. Don't get my wrong it's not wrong to enjoy other things but to truly DELIGHT in the Lord. Wow! That's spending time in prayer, spending time in the word, spending time meditating on His word and who He is. As I, as we, start to do these things He will start to change and mold our heart to match His desire. Soon, our desire will become His and He will then give us the desire of our heart. I want my desires to match up with His.

This whole process of fund raising and preparing to be missionary for 3 months in Czech has really been pushing me to TRUST in the Lord with ALL my heart and in ALL my ways acknowledge him. Every aspect of this is out of my control.  I am an A Type personality who likes to take control and get things done. Learning to really acknowledge God in all that I do and invite him along in the process and seeking Him on how I should go about things. It has by no means been easy and it has been a stretch for me but it has been really incredible to see God work and move in my heart along away.

So, as I wrap this up I have a few prayer request :

1) Diligence in the preparations process, that I am not blinded to what the Lord is teaching me.
2) For my fellow interns as they too are in the preparations process and support raising process.
3) American teams are starting to form. Pray for unity for those teams as they will start to prepare as well for their week of camp.


His Hands & Feet

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Jackie