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Looking Back

1.       I received my visa for Mali, so the only thing left is for me to get on the plane. Praise God!

2.       I am back at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA safe and sound, but please continue to pray for me as I fly out to Mali Aug. 24 – Sep. 11. Then I fly to Denver, CO Sep. 13-20.

3.       It has been wonderful to see how God is working across this country and around the world! I had the privilege of speaking in the church I grew up in, Lakewood Baptist Church in Gainesville, GA, and my Aunt’s church, Towne Baptist Church in Joppa, MD. I was so encouraged to see and hear the vision that these two churches have for their community and the world. At Towne Baptist, I was able to watch their baptism service and rejoice with them for how God is changing lives in their community.

The reason why I am going to Mali for 17 days is for a couple of reasons. The first is to really seek God for confirmation in Justin, Leah, and myself serving in Mali for career missions. The second is to see and experience the people, culture, and living conditions that the team will experience and to photograph all of it. I can’t wait to go and I know I won’t want to leave, but God has given me this next year at Liberty University. I am excited to look back and see why God has kept me at LU.

Looking back and seeing God’s hand encourages me to run forward. I may only have light enough to see my next step, but when I look back and see God’s faithfulness, I know that He is setting my paths straight before me (even if I can’t see it). God has given me a vision to see the church grow among the Senoufo and I know that He is preparing me to see that vision fulfilled! What a day it will be when I can shake hands with the very first believer among the unreached dialect of Senoufo Justin, Leah, and I will go to. That will be a day of rejoicing the world has never known!