Give Me FAITH

As I entered the new Elevation campus, it just seemed funny that it was again something new.  This year is beginning as something completely new, a time for God to shape me into something different, into something He wants for me.  It is really frustrating and scary.  It is trust, to the biggest degree.  Not lying, almost everything in my life is changing.  It is all different.  This year is nothing like how I pictured my senior year, but I am finding that it's better, much better than I imagined.  The position that God has placed me in is one where I can really serve, and the training that has come before is coming together.  It is just one thing.... exciting.  It is a new start.  God is creating something new, and I just am looking back in awe to what he is forming.  BUT, I need faith.  Faith that is not bound by God's actions, but by His character.  Pastor preached on this, this faith that is unshaking, firm, constant.  Constant to know that even if I look like an idiot, if I am not completely provided for, even if I am not brought out of my problems, even if I die for my faith and no miracle comes to save my body.... my name, my body, my face does not matter.  God is still God, and His will and His glory is not bound to me, but I followed it completely and loved Him to the extent that I was able and that He has made me able.  Only if I could reach that point, where nothing else matters but Him.  not even my life.  I need that faith.  GOD GIVE ME FAITH

This is the beginning of something new

hey guys!  thanks for visiting the blog.  this is where all the info about the trip to India will be placed, and hopefully future trips and other things that God has for the future.  just for some general information, if you do not already know, I will be a part of Crossroads Worldwide mission team to India.  We will be in India from December 16-30.  15 awesome days, and yes, Christmas with kids who really understand the meaning of the birth of Christ.  but, for this, I need your help, your prayers, and your words.  I know that God will provide and so I am asking for your generosity.  this is new for me, but I am going to be bold and have faith, not just for me, but for the people to give that this may start a new wave of Godly finances in their lives.  where crazy things are done and crazy rewards and blessings are poured out across the world.  I need your prayers also.  this is my first missions trip, something that I hope God continues to place in front of me, but is very new.  I don't know exactly why I am going, I just know that I have to go!  no choice, no turning back.  pray for my personal walk, because from that overflow will come the fruits of my time in India.  also pray for my nerves and that I not worry for things that God has taken care of already.  this is new and different for me, but I just hope to be transparent with you.  that you may see my needs and share in the greatness of the next few months coming as I step out in faith.  my thanks and thoughts go out to you as well.  may we begin this and grow TOGETHER.