It feels unreal how quickly New York is approaching. Only a few days left during which I need to pack; finish up Thank You notes; finish reading a library book I have; and tie up the other loose odds and ends.
Woo. Intense. But good.
I wasn't really planning to update again before I arrived, but I read something in Katie's (one of my Freshman residents who is spending her summer interning at a church in Dublin through Mission to the World) blog while she reflected on the stateside briefing she just finished up, and I just had to share it ...
"Do you believe that the Gospel is powerful to use you? Do you believe that God is powerful enough to bring about His kingdom through you?" Woah. This work set out before is not about our gifts or what have you. This work is about God and we just have to believe that He is powerful enough to use us
It is such a great reminder - these things never are about us anyway. While that is humbling (because I will be honest sometimes I want the world to be centered all about me - it is the same part of me that always wanted to be the prima ballarina when I was little) it is so relieving. Just because I fail at life sometimes doesn't mean that God can't still use me. More and more he reminds me that nothing is ever wasted.
Prayer things:
-Travel on Wednesday (the only part I am nervous is procuring a taxi to take me from the airport to our dorms in Queens - I have never done the big city thing alone before)
-Soulariums, I have done all but 3 and two of them I have set up to do with one of my co-workers and her boyfriend. So overall that is a matter of praise.
-All of the other short term mission kids. I am not at all unique in doing this, in fact off of the top of my head I couldn't tell you how many people just from my circle of friends at Winthrop are leaving home to try and spread God's love the whole world round and that is exciting. A few of them are, Katie in Ireland; Summer in Sweden; Laura in Argentina; Hannah in Honduras; Grace in Barbados; Emily in Gatlinburg; Kelly Lee in Daytona; Cameron in Asia; Courtney in Disney; Amanda in Colorado; Lauren in North Africa; and Julie, Daniel, Heyward, Carlee, Lawana, & Jennifer who will all be in New York with me. The specifics of each of our summer vary, although most of us are focusing on university campuses or peers in the work force it will be an intense summer all around. (I do not by any means to neglect the many others whose mission field is their summer job or even just being in class or with their family - truly we all are called to be missionaries whereever we are placed - but it could be a little excessive for me to list every Christian I know so I limited myself to those who are affliated with some manner of oragnization and even so I am sure I omited someone).
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