Go to serve. Come back blessed.
January 17, 2010This is a blog that I posted on the granola page……
Today I went up to AIM (Adventures in Missions) to tell a group of World Race alumni about our granola. I LOVE the response I got from everyone! It is so great to talk with people who share in the same passions to reach out to orphans and widows, and who also embrace all the different ways of doing so – such as with our granola!
Most of these people spent a month in Swaziland while on the World Race. They recognized several of the GoGos on the bags – such a small world! God has brought all of us together. His Love connects us all, the Swazi GoGos and orphans, the World Racers, you, me, and so many others around the world. We really are a huge family.
Another way that I saw these family connections is how, though I have never met any of these people, after I had shared about our dreams for this granola, they quickly offered to pray for me. In praying for me, my mom, our granola endeavors, Swaziland, and my current prep for nursing school, they blessed me tremendously! God’s love for me came through them in a tangible way today. I left with joy, peace, and love in my heart!
Today I was striving to do more to spread the word about granola and Swaziland for others’ benefits, but I was greatly blessed in the process!
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This is just a small example of when you go to a place, whether it be a small meeting or a new country, with the ultimate goal not for the benefit of yourself, God somehow blesses you in the process.
I have been yearning for a community, tribal people here at home, and though AIM is not close, and I really don’t personally know these people, they are a part of my tribe, my community, my family. I was needing a time to be with people like them – even just a few short hours. People who have denied the comfortable lifestyle, to chase after God’s dreams – which have become dreams that He has given them.
I had been overwhelmed after my first week back to school, but with their prayers and encouragement (and my own time spent with God over it), I have so much more peace. I know that this nursing school path is definitely the direction God is leading me on. I am confident in His ways, though I don’t see what is next, or understand everything (or anything?!), I will trust in Him.
