why yes. This is it! YWAM PISMO BEACH, CA ISAIAH 61 JUSTICE DTS. Now try saying that one 5 times fast.
I am packing. packing. packing. and the Lord continues to remind me to simplify. So a small suitcase and backpack is all that this 5 months will be entailing. I'm stoked! Easy travels. After traveling everywhere in India with an obnoxious amount of unnecessary "stuff" I am no more in that. Meaning as well, Penelope (my guitar) won't be making this trip either. So praise Jesus that the school has extra's to spare!
But beyond all of this, the Lord has really been laying on my heart the word community. Take a minute to really think about what this means to you.
Is it worth sacrificing comfort, life, family, friends, materials, to be able to experience this in the way the church in Acts did. More importantly the way Jesus did. Does.
I am reading this book called the Irresistible Revolution. Stop. RIGHT NOW. Buy it. Read it.
It challenges all of our fleshy-ness of what WE think community is. What we think life is supposed to be in general. To become organic. To be ripped to the core of why and what we were CREATED for. That we may bring glory to the Lord in ALL. And funny thing is, we even need Him to be able to bring Him glory.
This is my prayer for this next step that He has me in. Happily, I am His. Happily, I am where He has created me to be for this season. Praying that this becomes more than just a trip, but a life to come, a place that becomes more than the next "place" but a place to listen and discover His creation. That the next season is more than just a "do good" work, but a lifestyle that continues, to daily, make me more and more of His beloved, dependent on His daily provision.
"It's a beautiful thing when people in poverty are no longer just a mission project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream, and struggle..."
Irresistible Revolution- Shane Claiborne
I no longer call you servants...Instead, I have called you friends. John 15:15
"Charity wins awards and applause, but joining the poor gets you killed."
Hmm. Yes Lord. Can we still say yes to you, faithfully?
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