.Follow Me

May all Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

"Follow me".......Christ says these two words and just like that his disciples leave everything. Everytime I would read those passages in Scripture, I always thought I would NEVER be able to do that. Just two words..and I would go into the unknown, the uncomfortable, the unplanned, the unseen. I just couldn't do...In my head I would always complain to Christ and say "if you ever did that to me, you would have to give me a little bit more, some kind of floorplan, some kind of understanding about what was to happen. Or else..I would be the apostle still standing on the boat with my net saying, "I think I"ll just catch some fish. I know how to do that."

Yet, here I am in Auburn, AL.

In the beginning of this year, the Lord said "Follow me" and I did!! I really did it! I flew all the way to Annapolis, Maryland to interview to be a missionary with an organization called FOCUS. I knew nothing but what the website said about the organization, I knew not one person, I had no idea how to be a missionary, and I went! To this day, I am amazed at the way the Lord brings us beyond ourselves. His grace and his love can change the hardest of hearts.

I was eventually offered a position on staff. My life as a FOCUS missionary started at training in Champaign, IL. It was such a wonderful experience. The Holy Spirit is doing amazing things through the willing hearts of his children in FOCUS. It is the New Evangelization at work, and I feel so blessed to have been called to take part in it.

Now, I have officially started my second week here at Auburn (which is the university to which I have been assigned). It has been a crazy whirlwind! I have met SOO many people and have already grown to love this place. While I do occasionally have the homesick pains, it has helped me to understand what Christ means when he says, "Take up your cross, and follow me." Leaving home...the place I love..the people I love..my safe place..is my cross and sacrifice made for the salvation of not only myself but for others. For Christ left the home of heaven to dwell with us. I have left my home to dwell with the students of Auburn!!

Pray for me Please. Everyday I feel like a little kid on his first day of school, not sure what to do..what to expect..how to act..who to talk to, but SOO excited about every new thing.

Please know of my continued prayers for you.

"Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to thy word." Luke 1: 38