Dear goodness me. So much has happened. So much is yet to happen. God is moving me, but nobody is really sure where He's taking me!
For those who I haven't told yet, I was the only person to sign up for the trip by the deadline. However! Because of my passion and the way God seems to be moving and how He has given me funds (I have $2000 for this trip!), Wycliffe is trying to work out an internship for me. That's right. An INTERNSHIP!! That means not seven weeks in Cameroon, some of them being training and only actually working with people for four or so weeks. I'll be in Cameroon, most likely working directly with CABTAL and therefore the Bible translators, for the whole summer. May - July, possibly August. But I would like to see my family, so they are going to try to send me home by the first week of August.
Wow. I mean, really. Wow. If this works out, it will be so exciting. I was honestly wondering what I was going to do this summer. I thought God wanted me in Cameroon, because He so pulled me towards the trip and provided the funds for me, but then not the trip. As much as I really want to go home and see my whole family, plane tickets home are really expensive this late in the game. And I don't have a job waiting for me back home. In the last month I thought I was going to Cameroon, so I haven't been making plans to go home or what I'll do there. this is really odd for me, because I usually makes back-up plans and try to work everything out myself. I was really worried before Jessica called me to ask me about being an intern because I was afraid I wouldn't be doing anything this summer. I am a very cautious person and usually make lots of different plans, but I decided to trust God on this one. And I really thought it was working out, so I never started planning to go home, I just kept trying to push the trip and find more people. But it didn't work. And no one signed up. I had to keep reminding myself to keep giving it all to God. And then He gave me this. Amazing.
And just now, while my philosophy class was taking a break (and yes, now I'm writing this during the class, but I was so excited!), I was telling a classmate about the trip and how exciting it is. She reaches into her bag, I think she's going to get a pen to write down details so she can pray for me, but she pulls out an envelope and gives me money. Whoa! She told me she carries around money because this is how she feels God calling her. Every month she puts some money in an envelope to give to whomever God tells her to give it to, and we just talked for five minutes and she gives me this money. I feel so blessed.
God, help me remember you are in control. I trust You, and I know You will come through, so help me to quiet the tiny voice in my head which causes my heart to quicken and my mind to worry because it says maybe You won't come through and I'll have to fend for myself. You are always there and always prove that You are in control. Always. I have nothing to fear because I know You are there. Please take me and use me in Cameroon. Help me to grow and be a light for You. Amen
God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.
For those who I haven't told yet, I was the only person to sign up for the trip by the deadline. However! Because of my passion and the way God seems to be moving and how He has given me funds (I have $2000 for this trip!), Wycliffe is trying to work out an internship for me. That's right. An INTERNSHIP!! That means not seven weeks in Cameroon, some of them being training and only actually working with people for four or so weeks. I'll be in Cameroon, most likely working directly with CABTAL and therefore the Bible translators, for the whole summer. May - July, possibly August. But I would like to see my family, so they are going to try to send me home by the first week of August.
Wow. I mean, really. Wow. If this works out, it will be so exciting. I was honestly wondering what I was going to do this summer. I thought God wanted me in Cameroon, because He so pulled me towards the trip and provided the funds for me, but then not the trip. As much as I really want to go home and see my whole family, plane tickets home are really expensive this late in the game. And I don't have a job waiting for me back home. In the last month I thought I was going to Cameroon, so I haven't been making plans to go home or what I'll do there. this is really odd for me, because I usually makes back-up plans and try to work everything out myself. I was really worried before Jessica called me to ask me about being an intern because I was afraid I wouldn't be doing anything this summer. I am a very cautious person and usually make lots of different plans, but I decided to trust God on this one. And I really thought it was working out, so I never started planning to go home, I just kept trying to push the trip and find more people. But it didn't work. And no one signed up. I had to keep reminding myself to keep giving it all to God. And then He gave me this. Amazing.
And just now, while my philosophy class was taking a break (and yes, now I'm writing this during the class, but I was so excited!), I was telling a classmate about the trip and how exciting it is. She reaches into her bag, I think she's going to get a pen to write down details so she can pray for me, but she pulls out an envelope and gives me money. Whoa! She told me she carries around money because this is how she feels God calling her. Every month she puts some money in an envelope to give to whomever God tells her to give it to, and we just talked for five minutes and she gives me this money. I feel so blessed.
God, help me remember you are in control. I trust You, and I know You will come through, so help me to quiet the tiny voice in my head which causes my heart to quicken and my mind to worry because it says maybe You won't come through and I'll have to fend for myself. You are always there and always prove that You are in control. Always. I have nothing to fear because I know You are there. Please take me and use me in Cameroon. Help me to grow and be a light for You. Amen
God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.
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