London Calling

Well, I got the call today. I have been placed in London for next year. Now we are just praying that I would get the needed support, and that God would provide an amazing London team this coming year. We are short some people and need them to apply and get accepted, or we might not be able to have a full team there. But YAY!!!! LONDON!!!!!! Praise God!

My Soularium

We do these on campus, so I thought it would be fun to do one for myself...

What 3 images describe your life right now?
1- At times I feel at odds with the rest of the world, like I am under dressed for some fine occasion or I just haven't caught on to what life should be about. But maybe it's that I'm not where I'm going yet, I'm not settled, and maybe I'm not called to be where everyone else is. Maybe I'm not left out, maybe I'm set apart for something different.


2- This one shows how I'm docked right now in a sense. I am stuck in one place until I'm told that I can go. I'm here to finish school, I can't leave until I do, but then the seas are wide open for me. It's that tension of how long to stay, where do I go, scared of the journey to come, but excited about it at the same time.



3- I am walking through life, unsure of what is to come, and walking away from what has happened. I can only see so far ahead, but God is shining His light on it to show me the way to go, to follow Him. If I don't take the small steps at first, I'll never see beyond my little circle of light, but the more steps I take, the more He reveals to me.







What images do you want to describe your life?









Both of these describe how I want life to be. I want to have joy and peace beyond measure. Not out of naivety, but out of the love and grace of God. I want to know what's going on, stand in the rain and dance. I want to have the joy and dependence on God that a child has on their parents.

How do you see God?
I see God as a loving, caring father. The Creator of everything, who holds us all in the palm of His hand, no matter how small, weak, or insignificant we are. He cares for us, plain and simple. He loves us. He laid His life down for us, and still guides us every step of the way. God is love and comfort, joy and goodness, peace and healing, and everlasting atonement. God is every good thing.


What has your spiritual journey been like?

My journey has been up and down. I have my times where I am so on fire for God, and those when I listen to the enemies lies and I distance myself. Overall, I would say that God is molding me into the person that He has made me to be, but there is a cleaning process, a polishing and perfection process that I am going through. I'm not finished yet, but I am being refined by a master craftsman, and the final product, underneath all my own filth, is beautiful.




What do you want your spiritual life to look like?
I want my walk with God to be hand in hand, where He goes, I follow, running the race that is set before me. The world may be in turmoil around me, but I want to see the face of God as clear as day and be reaching toward Him for every direction. I want it to be a partnership where no one leaves the other, and where I am so focussed on Him that nothing can draw me away.

So that is my Soularium. If you want to do it for yourself or see the responses of others, check out mysoularium.com.

As always, I love you.
Debbie

Pre-Accepted!!!

Well, I interviewed today, and I'm pre-accepted! Pretty much I'm in, they just need to do the paperwork. I'm not placed yet though, so I'm praying that I'll go to London, but I could get sent somewhere else if it is full or something. But yeah. YAY GOD! God is so good, I'm just praising Him for so much right now. And on top of all of that, we had a pretty good sized group of students really interested in going on a Summer Project with Crusade this summer from Rochester. I'm so excited! God is moving here, and I can't wait to see what happens.

Application Update

Well, my application was received in full, recommendations and all. I've been assigned a staff woman to evaluate me, and we should be doing a phone interview this week sometime, and I should have an answer in the next couple weeks. Please continue to pray for me, that the interview would go well, and that I would just continue to walk hand in hand with the Lord. Recently I have just been in awe of God and everything that He does through me and in spite of me. His love for us is just astounding, and I am so excited for the opportunity to spend a year or two of my life simply telling people about Jesus. What an honor that would be.

**EDIT**
My interview in Friday at 2, so keep me in your prayers if you think of it. Pray that God puts me where He wants me.