My beloved friends and family- so sorry for the delay in posting again, clearly I let school occupy too much of my time. BUT in about 5 weeks I will be done, thank you Lord!
The past few months I have experienced the overwhelming outpouring of God's blessings in ways I can hardly describe. First of all, the fundraising for Uganda was truly miraculous; God undoubtedly moved in people's hearts and they have been incredibly generous to the point that the trip has been completely paid for!!! Through this whole process I have felt indescribably blessed that people are willing to support God's calling for my life, and also that God's hand has been in every single detail. A few weeks ago I purchased my plane tickets so now the official dates are set- May 29th through August 2nd- I'm so excited I can hardly wait! But more than the financial support I have been blessed by people's beautiful notes of encouragement and devotionals as God is preparing me. I am so humbled and truly thankful for the beautiful people God has surrounded me with and their encouragements.
Furthermore, God continues to blow my mind with opportunities including being accepted to a Doctor of Psychology program at an incredible Christian school that focuses on social justice issues and providing mental health care to individuals who would otherwise not have access to such care. When I read about this program and then visited this past fall I honestly felt that I could not have dreamt of a more perfect program- learning to heal and serve people according to God's truths. Though the thought of moving to Seattle is difficult I am confident that God will provide for my every need including the needs that will arise from being so far away from my family.
In addition to God's outpouring of blessing lately God has been confronting me with the tremendous responsibility He has called us to; to love Him with every aspect of our being, to love others, to make disciples and to obey his calling. Feeling the weight of the responsibility God has called us to, I pray that we would learn to love Him more every day so that we may love others better, that we would be baptized in the Holy Spirit so that we would be sensitive to God's leading and that we would obey Him.
Thank you for following and for being such a blessing in my life!
