I picked up the application the same day the trip was announced and returned it within the next week. Everyone else spent time typing theirs out so it looked formal and professional. I started to question the likeliness of mine even being accepted. It was hand-written and sloppy. You could tell I had written and erased words over and over again. "I probably won't get accepted". "Everyone else is a 'super- service' person at school. I do Teen Advisors and leadership things at church but I don't got to Open Door or Girls Inc. every week like they do...". But I knew that God's will would be done. Things would work out my good and His glory, as they always do. So I prayed that His will would be down, whether that meant me having this opportunity or not.
In the past couple weeks I had gotten really impatient. I wanted to know if I was going! Even if the answer was no, I just wanted to know! But for the first time, Philippians 4:6, which I had heard my entire life, came to be a command for prayer and a promise of peace that I so needed.
The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Yesterday when I received the letter saying I had been accepted, I didn't know how to respond. I thought I would cry, but I didn't. I was dancing around, jumping up and down, and thanking God. It didn't seem real. My prayer now is "Let this be for You. Help me demonstrate the love that has been poured out to me through Jesus to every person you place in my path. Open my eyes to see every soul as Christ sees them: a dearly loved child."
I have know idea what God has planned for me, but I am more than thrilled about it all.
Awww! Yay! Yay! Yay! I greatly enjoyed hearing you tell about Africa, and seein you display such a beautiful God fearing joy. So proud of you sweet girl!
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