Time Flies

4 Weeks and Counting!

It is crazy to know that a month from yesterday I will be sitting in Burkina Faso for the next 6 months of my life! Lately I have been so overwhelmed and yet filled with unexplainable anticipation for what this time holds. Overwhelmed by the amount I still have yet to raise to make this a reality; it's about $1,300 a month and I haven't been able to raise that because I have been trying to raise the money for the 2 week trip. Filled with unexplainable anticipation over how greatly my life is about to change, from ordinary things such as how often I will take showers and what I will be eating, to things of greater depth such as dreams and passions the Lord has yet for me to discover. This time leading up to my departure has been both tragic; with the loss of a very dear and close friend; and thrilling, it has been a time of growth and everyday seems to hold a new lesson in which the Lord molds me more and more into His beautiful image. Everyday has presented a challenge all it's own in becoming that woman who is passionately in love with Jesus Christ, someone who has been made new (Ezekiel 16:3-14 paints a beautiful picture of this) in the transforming grace of our great God, and becoming someone who's only sights are on God's dreams but every second has been an indescribable adventure.

Though time is running out quickly for finances I am clinging to God's promises of provision. In Mark 11:22-24 Jesus tells us to trust in asking big things of God;
"Then Jesus said to the disciples, 'Have faith in God. I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, may you be lifted up and thrown into the sea, and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you've received it, it will be yours."