T-35 days and counting!






If y'all have been keeping up with me it's about 35 days left until I leave for Hawai'i!  I can't believe how fast it is coming and how many doors God has opened to get me to this point in my life and to prepare me for this opportunity!





I can't believe that it was just this past summer that I went to the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.  In case you haven't been to the SBC conventions you can get a lot of free stuff, haha.  I went to the NAMB booth to get a free shirt and while we were there we were supposed to sign up to pray for church planters in a certain state or area.  I put down that I wanted to pray for Hawai.  I  have felt like God has put Hawaii on my heart at different times for several years.  So it made sense for me to put down that I was going to pray for Hawaii.  At that time I wasn't really thinking I was going to go to Hawaii though just that I was going to pray for the church planters there.   A while after the convention they sent me a cup that said Pray for Hawaii.  When I put down that I was going to pray for Hawaii and church planters I could have never imagined that the next summer I would be going to Hawaii for about 3 months! I have been able to know different church planters from Hawaii and I am so thankful for them and how God uses them there to reach people for Christ! I thank the Lord for each and every one of them!


Please pray for me as I get ready to go to Hawaii this summer that I would be prepared to do the work God has me to do! Please pray that I wold  be prepared spiritually and that I would continue to draw closer to Christ! Nothing matters without him! A few weeks ago I listened to a sermon by Pastor Matt Sanders, the pastor of the church I am going to in Hawaii.  It was called the tyranny of like.  Jason Bishop also talked about something similar to this on Sunday.  He talked about Facebook and how we want everybody to like our stuff.  I think that's something that God has reminding  me of  lately that I need to please Him more than  people.   What other people think of me ultimately doesn't matter.  It only ultimately matters if we please Christ.  He is where our identity is found.  Because we are in Christ we are holy and blameless and righteous (Ephesians 1:1-6).   I want to be a light in Hawaii.  I want to be someone who points people to Christ and helps them to become more like Christ.  I want to be able to disciple other believers and show people there that the only hope they have is through Christ! Most of all I want to be used by God!  Thank you for your prayers and how God has used you in my life!


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  1. NinaApril 16, 2018 at 10:59 PM

    God has truly opened this door for you. He has given you many talents and abilities and and wants you to use them to spread His Word. Truly you have a heart that wants to serve Christ and to do His will. I am so grateful that you are seeking to follow Jesus wherever He leads you to go. I will be praying every day for you as you seek to please your Heavenly Father in all that you do. Love and Prayers. Mom

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