God and I play games ALL the time. He always chooses the game we play. I kinda just let Him, because He's God and I'm not. Here are His three favorite games:
- The Waiting Game. God always thinks I need to practice more patience, and makes me wait. He chooses this one more often than I'd like.
- Chutes and Ladders. I think I'm persuing what He wants and then He either says: "No," or "Not yet." and guides me somewhere else. This is when I either go down a slide or climb a ladder in stead of just going past.
- Twister. No I'm not talking about an African bus ride. He likes to move, mold, reshape, and change me. This is why a missionary (or any Christ follower) must be flexible, 'cause you never know when He might move your right hand to green or your left foot to blue and be tied into knots because your right hand is on red.
The last few days I've read through my journals (and prayed a lot), trying to understand what's my next step. As I read each entry I noticed a few themes:
- Frustration in support raising. It just wasn't coming in as quickly as I thought I needed.
- Little excitement for Immersion. Yes this is something I want, would love to go on, and had some excitement, but it just wasn't the same as for Ecuador and Uganda.
- Continued questions. I always seemed to come back to the same question: "Am I really supposted to go on Immersion?"
As you have probably already guessed, I didn't receive the $9,000 to be able to go on Immersion. However, this wasn't my only option. After a lot of prayer, I've decided to go on a 3 1/2 month trip with AIM to Thailand. I will start training in Georgia on August 27th, and return to the States on December 13th.
As much as I really, really, really want to be back on African soil, and back in Uganda, I know I need to grow more before I return to my beloved Uganda. So why Thailand? I'm not entirely sure. For months I've thought about and prayed for Thailand, and I'm sure God did that for a reason so I'm going. I also believe that going to Thailand will stretch, grow, mold, challenge, reshape, and change me as I need before returning to Uganda.
Please continue to keep the Immersion team in your prayers, these 60 men and women are amazing, and are about to start an adventure of a life time. Their training is this coming week! They need our prayers. They're in the home stretch of fundraising, and if they're anything like me, the final month at home is the most nerve racking, 'cause it's so close but still far away.
Keep coming back to my blog to stay updated. I'll post more later, after I find out specifics about this trip. I'm excited and ready to go to Thailand!
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