Christmas with the Brummels

We had an incredible Christmas with our sweet family, eating way to much food, and enjoying each others company. My Grandma and Aunt brought thier little puppies that are SO adorable and we were all entertained as they played. Also big news for my family is that my little brother got engaged on Christmas eve. We are so excited about this, she is a beautiful girl inside and out and loves the Lord and my brother; you can't ask for better than that. I am going to post a picture of my family and then of the engaged couple. Hope you had a lovely week with your family as well!

Blessings

Christmas

Merry Christmas! Make sure you take time to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas, our Savior who was born to save us from our sins so that we can have a relationship with the Creator of the Universe! What a sweet and the greatest gift in the world!

The Brummel family is enjoying some wonderful memories, and food over the next couple of days, along with sweet fellowship with our incredible family. Hope you have a very merry Christmas celebrating our Saviors birth!

Blessings and babysitting

God is so good to send sweet things of encouragement and blessings when we need it. I am so grateful for HIS unconditional love and kindness to me. Last night, my boss gave my family dinner, which was a GREAT blessing since my mom and I have been so busy. Then when I was getting home from work I felt like I had a start of a cold, and my dad was feeling the same( which made me even more nervous) way so we just sat and chilled feeling each others pain,and then I got to bed early (after taking nyquil :) . But today I am feeling A LOT better than I thought I would be and for that I am so grateful. God gives us strength for each moment, and is so good to take care of His children, even in the small things like a little cold.

This evening I babysat for an incredible family who are just so precious and blessed me with a sweet Christmas gift. The Lord is so good to allow me the privilege of knowing so many wonderful families through babysitting and seeing such great examples of godly marriages, sweet family time, and raising children in the Lord. I love the privilege I am given when people entrust me with their most precious treasures, and it is something I cherish. Children just brighten up everything :) I am learning a lot during this time of remembering to reflect upon the many big and small blessings we receive each and every day from our Savior.
What are some sweet blessings you have had this week?

Time flies by

I can't believe that it is almost Christmas time! Wow! It has been such an incredible year and I am excited about finishing it up strong. Sorry I haven't updated lately, life has been and still is a bit hectic for me. Because of what my family is going through I have taken on a bit to many extra things this month to help out, they all have been wonderful but I am just getting a bit worn down. I am excited however for a new week and I have several things I am really looking forward to this week, one being to act as a mommy for the weekend :) for 4 precious treasures.

I am excited for a new week and all the Lord has in store for it. I am so privileged to wake up in the morning and love what I do and love the sweet Lord that has given me life.

Tonight we had Campus church, where Tim and I lead worship for every week. We are so blessed and privilege to have this opportunity to sing, fellowship and pray with such a incredible group of people. It is an awesome and intimate setting where you can truly get to know each other, see needs and pray and encourage. I am so grateful for the Lord's hand on this church plant and I am excited to see where it leads. After our time of worship, testimony and offering, we headed over to one of the guys house to cook a dinner and have sweet fellowship. Great day today, but can't wait to get into my Bed

3 wonderful years and more to come

Tomorrow marks the fact that I have been working for the precious Nolan family and TNT Ministries for 3 wonderful years! I can't believe how long its been, time sure flies when you are having fun! I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve with such godly people who live a Christ honoring life both on and off stage. They are the REAL deal, you know thats true when you are more impressed with how they live in the privacy of their home than when they are on stage( even though I am impressed by that too :). "You are who you are when no one is looking" as my mom says, and let me just tell you that they are always AMAZING and constantly show me that in no matter what situations and difficulties to immediately go to the Lord in prayer. I am so honored and privilege to know them, count them as friends and have the BEST boss in the world. Their family has invested (and still are investing:) so much in my life. I look back and reflect on how much I have grown in the Lord over the last couple of years, how He has grown my desire for ministry, for His word and just for an intimate walk with my sweet Savior. They are huge investors, and influencers in my life and I am so grateful for them. They are truly my second family and it is a joy being with them. They are great examples to me in thier intimate walks with Jesus, thier solid and ever loving & growing marriage,flexible attitude in all circumstances, their joy and their generous and giving spirt with thier life and ministry.........just to name a few, cause there is so much more!

Thank you Lord for such an amazing opportunity you have given me to work for such incredible servants of YOU, they are such treasures to me. I pray that you will continue to bless their sweet family and ministry in such wonderful ways.

Thank you Nolan family for the tremendous blessing, encouragement and truth you pour into me every single week. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to invest in me. I thank the Lord every day for having such godly examples, and incredible cheerleaders and supporters in my life!

****Wish I had a better picture to put with this( one with the whole family :) but I lost all of mine on my hardrive so I got this from Facebook

Lots of blessing and Thanksgivings!

Today was a wonderful day. My mom and I have been cooking a TON of food and last night by the time I went to bed my feet were throbbing from being on them all day long cooking. We enjoy our sweet fellowship together as we cook, and as we listened to Christmas music. Our family came over along with some other guys who couldn't go home for Thanksgiving so they were part of our family today. My aunt, Grandma and Uncle made a lot of food as well so it was quite the spread. Mom and I woke up at 5;30am to put 2 turkeys in 2 big crock pots. After that I spent time in God's word read from Daniel and was SO challenged on pride, and how the Lord will put down those who raise themselves, it was so convicting and wonderful! Last night as I wrote letters to my family and took a shower I was in tears many times thinking upon the wonderful goodness of the Lord and the MANY MANY blessings He has given me over the past year. He has been so faithful and good to me.

It was great today as we went around the table and talked about what we were grateful for as we reflected upon the past year. As my parents shared it was so sweet to see that through this trial God has blessed us and grown us SO much as a family and grown us together closure to HIM.

The top things (they have to be different every year and had to happen that year( dads rules)) for me that I was grateful for was for this financial trial the Lord has given us, He has taught me about dependency upon Him in everything- from future, to present, to housing etc. Without this trial I wouldn't have learned to totally depend upon Him, because I wasn't forced to before. What a sweet journey this has been! Its hard, but I am honored the Lord would take the time to work on us. The other thing I was grateful for was the opportunity to travel to China (with the precious Nolans) and to Jordan. God used those in great ways and it was an awesome experience! What are you grateful for?

Little Woman

Last night I took some of my incredible 11th grade girls, that I teach in sunday school, to go see Little Woman at the Town Lake Arts Center. My co-teacher was Mrs. March and did an OUTSTANDING job. I went not expecting it to be as wonderful as it turned out to be. That play has such great morals and life principles in it. I enjoyed getting to spend a little time with my girls and hearing more of their hearts and sharing some laughs and memories with them. I would have a picture but I forgot to charge my camera.

Hope you all are having a blessed weekend and are enjoying this beautiful weather! For the first time in a while, because of the weather, I was able to wake up and spend a long time with my Savior outside looking over the lake. I really enjoy spending time outdoors and hearing the sounds of nature. Its like nature is a music box playing music to the glory of God! It was such a blessing to me this morning, as I was reminded of the faithfulness and the beauty of God. Have a great Saturday!

A morning of dreams and plants

So last night I came home, and decided to watch the CMT awards with my family before going to bed. As we watched, Taylor Swift who is my age, won 4 HUGE awards, pretty much racking up for the night. As a singer, I left the room thinking about how I could get better, learn guitar, work harder singing and go somewhere with my life, and be someone. As I nestled in to bed I thanked God for the blessings of a wonderful day and went off to sleep.

My alarm sounded at 5:25am, saying it was time to work out, I was not feeling good (since I am still recovering from this cold) so I decided to go back to bed and give my body the rest it was craving. Thats when it happened. I had a dream that one of my friends was in a country where he was doing mission work incongnito but also working in loyalty to the king of that country. In my dream he was given physical and immediate gifts for being loyal to the King, while still working in the background for missions. I woke up and immediately began praying for this friend and his family. That the Lord would give him the strength to stand up for Christ, and that he would give his absolute heart, dreams and life to God no matter what the cost. That no matter the physical and immediate blessings the world has to desire, he would put aside and live ALL for the KING of KINGS.
As I was praying ( because I figured if I had dreamed about it, then the Lord must have wanted me to pray for my friend) the Lord began to speak into my heart. The Lord began to reveal that the dream was to show me how my dreams/aspirations were in 2 different places, just like my friends was playing the fence on both sides of the King and the LORD. God began to unfold an incredible word picture of my heart and life. I have been praying for years that the Lord would allow me to do HIS will and that as I delight in HIm He would give me the desires of my heart.

All of my life I have had a desire to - sing professionally, maybe be an anchor with broadcasting, and be a wife and be a mother, just to name a few. God showed me if I didn't remove my selfish and prideful plants (dreams) from the flower bed of my heart, then there wouldn't be any room for the Lord to plant HIS dreams and desires. One by one I began confessing my SELF dreams, and pulling those plants (roots and all) out of the soil of my heart. After confessing and removing them the Lord just swept me with a huge sense of peace. He showed me the new soil, and whispered in my heart that He is beginning to plant seeds of HIS dreams and will for my life, but it will take time and water (God's word) and sunlight (communication with HIM) for growth of those desires He is planting. I then was reminded that it won't be easy, each day I must check and make sure there are no weeds (pride,self sufficiency, sin etc) that are growing trying to take over the little seeds growth. But I was assured that over time there will be perfect beautiful flowers of His will planted and secured.
Another thing He revealed was that I had said I would be willing to be in the spotlight in the world and stand for HIM, but would I be just as willing to go to the ends of the earth speaking His name to those who have never heard? That is what truly would impact the world, making a mark for Jesus in the daily tasks of life, sacrificing comfort for companionship in HIM.

WOW! What conviction I was under, over a dream!!!! I couldn't believe all that went on in my heart, as I was cuddled up under my covers praying. Thank you Jesus that you are still alive and well in the hearts of believers! I couldn't believe how this one dream had effected me so much. It challenged me, revealed some areas in my life of sin and flat out self and pride. What are the plants that are taking over the flower bed of your heart, taking up all the room so the Lord has no room to plant HIS WILL?
Will you continue to pray with me that the Lord will reveal the bad plants and weeds that need to be removed and help us plant and nourish HIS seeds?

"The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of HIs heart to all generations." Psalms 33:11

"Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass." Psalms 37:4-5

"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in His way." Psalm 37:23

I continue to wait on HIM. Thank you Lord for growing me
While I'M Waiting

The Lord will be my Strength

This week has been a wonderful and busy week. Lots of ministry opportunities, jobs and good work outs. Even though I have been so exhausted, the Lord has woken me up every morning, with a sweet sense of "His mercies are new EVERY morning." I am so grateful for God who comforts my heart and refreshes my soul. This weekend I also was reminded of the blessings I have in the different mentors, influencers who invest in my life on a regular basis. Thank you sweet sisters in Christ who take time out of your busy schedules to invest in my life, just a few to mention are Tammy Nolan, Jennifer Hewgley,Elizabeth Stubblefield,Michelle Helms, my mom(my hero) and many more. I am honored to have such godly woman speak into my life.

Among this crazy season of life, the exhaustion and stress I am reminded how faithful and constant the Lord is to give me strength, send encouragement my way and give me rest as I savor His sweet word. Hope you all had a great week and can meditate on how good our Lord is!

"Come all ye laborers and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:18

Computer Crash

Sorry I havent been on in a while. My computer crashed therefore I was unable to have access for quite some time. Its been a crazy couple of weeks! Been enjoying this journey but longing for my bed each and every night. Excited for what this weekend holds. I will update more later too tired to type.

Crazy week

Thank you everyone for the encouragement regarding the last post, it was great to hear that someone was reading it.

Its been a crazy but wonderful week so far. I am truly exhausted however! On wednesday I was part of a photo shoot project ( project Story board) for breast cancer awareness. It was awesome and a great experience. Crazy weekend ahead but I am excited to see what the Lord has in store.

Sisters in Christ

Sorry that I haven't blogged in a while. Its been some busy days for me, and honestly I feel like no one is reading it either. But thats besides the point.

Have you ever been discouraged and the Lord flat lifts your heart by sending the family of God to encourage your life? Well that is what happened to me tonight. This week I have been discouraged, and honestly dealing with a lot of lies from the enemy. Tonight I went to a friends house for what I thought was a girls night, just to hang out with a bunch of new faces. When my friend Bekah and I got there, the host asked us if we read the book, we replied "What book? isn't this a girls hang out?" she replied with telling us that it is a book club, that she feels the Lord has laid on her heart so that she would be purposeful in reading and gleaning from books filled with truth and encouragement. We said well ok no problem, we will just hang out and listen. Boy did the Lord have another thing in mind. The book they were discussing was "Safely Home" by Randy Alcorn and it was about persecution, heaven etc. We had the sweetest discussion which ended in all of us ladies gathering around this globe and praying for specific countries, missionaries and what the Lord was doing, and lifting up each other as we grow in HIM. As one of the precious girls began to cry, I felt the spirit of God just come down in that room and meet with us. I walked away encouraged, SO challenged and convicted and just blessed by new friendships and refueled by their faith in King Jesus!

On the way home my friend and I had great conversation on how we could pray for each other and just began to lift each other up. Tonight was such an answer to prayer and a refresher to my spirit that was getting dry. Thank you Lord for the blessing of the body of Christ! It just shows that the Lord answers prayers and surrounds us with incredible people to lead us to HIM. This was a totally unexpected blessing of fellowship and feasting on the Lord. My prayer is that the Lord would use each one of us to bring nourishment and refreshment to other believers as we seek His face and will. Won't you join me in trying to intentionally encourage and refresh this week?

Finally the summary of the trip

Sorry I havent posted in a while! Its been kind of crazy over here and I have hardly been at home since arriving back in the USA.

Jordan was such an incredible experience. The Lord did so much in my heart and life and taught me a lot about what it means to be a servant. What a great example these servants of God are of giving up everything for the cause of Christ. They don't live in comfort zones, with great food and easy jobs but the sacrifice their home, safety and comfort so that people can taste what true life in CHRIST!

The first night we got there very late, but I awoke in a startle the next morning as I heard someone singing and chanting in a foreign language. I immediately jumped out of bed and attempted to close our cracked window. What I was hearing was the Muslims call to prayer at 5:00 AM!!! My spirt was quenched and an eery feeling swarmed into my room as my eyes were opened to the spiritual warfare at hand. My roommate ( Tori :) ) and I realizing that there was a battle at hand, started to claim victory in the war. We both began to pray out loud and lift up our voices in song singing " In the quiet, in the stillness I know that YOU are GOD.................There is no one else for me, None but JESUS, crucified to set me free, now I live to bring HIM praise" and speaking the name above all names over and over again. Feeling as if God had awoken us up for a reason, we got scripture out and just began to read it and pray it out loud. That was the sweetest time of praise to our Lord Jesus! After a while we went back to sleep, I just laid in my bed unable to sleep, silently crying out to God. As tears rolled down my cheek I asked the Lord for forgiveness of all of my selfishness, and worldliness when all that should matter is telling this lost world about true life in Jesus. I felt such conviction, of how so many times I place so many of my thoughts and actions on outward beauty and significance, God just came and touched my heart and told me that its not what I look like that matters but what I do with what I have been given. What a gift of life we have been given, and there is so many people who do not know HIM and are deceived by the ways of this world. What pride I am living in by keeping this gift inside! This is such a struggle for me.

God not only woke me up from my sleep that night but awoke my heart for the nations need for HIM!

More stories to come later: This picture is a view of what we were blessed with viewing each day where we stayed

Incredible day

So sad that today was pretty much our last day here. I feel like we are all family now. What a blessed, incredible, kind, encouraging group of people. I deeply love this group and will be lifting them up and staying in contact even when I go home. Tonight they were so kind and gave us gifts, notes and took a time of lifting us up to our Father, what a sweet time! I am really going to miss this. Although I am tired, I am also energized by their love for each other and the Father. I can't wait to show some pictures, the few I have :) Lift us up tomorrow as we travel home.

Moments of blessing

Today was the best day yet! The kids were great, we are starting to learn all of thier needs, cries and likes. We are loving getting to know our new friends here and Tori and I had one of the most encouraging conversations with this fellow worker today that ended in a sweet time of talking to our Father. Lots of wonderful moments. Can't wait to talk in detail later. Tomorrow is our last full day :( Just when we are starting to LOVE it, we have to go home. Hearing the call of prayer right now from the masques, got to go and give a pedicure. More later

Todays treasures

What a great thursday here! The weather was GORGEOUS and usual, the children were great and we enjoyed some wonderful time with our new friends. Its like family here. A lot going on in my heart and mind and I am learning a lot about serving. Please keep talking to our Father for us. I will write more later. Goodnight!

Update on life in the middle East :0

Today we viewed Roman ruins, walked on the Roman road and saw indents in the road from chariots! It was incredible to see the coliseums and the amazing history! We finished the evening with hamburger and french fries which were delicious. I have done 2 pedicures so far for our friends and many more to go, it has been a lot of fun. The kids were GREAT today, everything went smoothly and was a beautiful day. Thank you for talking to HIM for us. The sunset was GORGEOUS this evening and we were refreshed and encouraged by sweet conversations with great fellow workers.

Day 2

Today was exhausting! Their are 6 infants that we are in charge of and 6 "big kids" so it is a trip and a half :) They are all very precious and their parents are just wonderful! Its been great getting to know each of the families and hearing their stories. Please pray for strength and patience for us, productivity and vision for the families and that the children would bond with us and those that are sick would be better( teething and colds are not fun for anyone, much less babies who can only describe their feelings by crying.) It has been an incredible trip so far and we are grateful for all that the Father is doing! Tomorrow, hopefully we will be touring so we will have some more pictures; today was really busy so not much time for photos. Love you all and thank you for lifting us up!

Arrived safely

We arrived safely to our location. Everyone is exhausted but doing well. Flight went great and we had some awesome conversations and memories made. We have to be more evasive than we would like to be regarding everything. Please talk to the Father for us. Here are some photos of the trip so far. We are limited in what photos we can share but know that everything is going wonderfully! Thank you for lifting us up!

Leaving on a jet plane :)

We head out tomorrow! Here are some pictures of our team. Please be praying for us! For protection, safety, and for us to be a refreshment and encouragement to the precious people we will be serving. Can't be to specific about details because we just found out that we need to be MUCH more careful than we have been regarding location etc. Thank you for your prayers. I will be updating this blog as we travel through this journey the Lord has us on. Be looking out for updates!

Discouragement

Today was quite the day. I had a wonderful day at work and then had an event that happened that just brought me to tears. I was so discouraged and called my Mom and she prayed with me over the phone. Then after I babysat this precious little girl, boy are little children the best medicine for laughter and joy! I went over to my Grandmas after and I asked about her day and she had a bad day and was discouraged as well. Feeling like I was about to burst into tears again and just felt so defeated, I just said we need to claim victory over this battle, I feel like I am under such spiritual attack today. So we just bowed our head and had a sweet time of prayer together, lifting our burdens to the Lord and claiming victory over the battle. I think the devil is really attacking me because of what I am about to do. I have a lot going on and feel like I have the world on my shoulder at times, lots to think about, pray for and plan. Just when I feel this way, the Lord reminds me that HE is there to take it all, I just have to rest and wait in HIM. He is so faithful not to give us more than we can handle and even when we go through trials, as I was sharing with my Mom tonight, He is there holding our hand the whole way as we squeeze Him trying to relieve pain. He just desires to hold us through it all.

We MUST always continue to "casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you (1 Peter 5:7)" What an incredible reminder that the Creator of the WHOLE universe cares about your day, your worries fears and hard times. What a mighty God!

Today won't you just spend some time casting your cares on the Lord?

Revolution

Tonight I was blessed and privilege to have the opportunity to help lead worship at our church. I was SO excited about it and was praying for the Lord to sing through me and for HIM to be glorified. I haven't had any opportunities lately to sing and so this was an answer to prayer. I desperately miss singing, it is a love and passion the Lord has put in my heart but that just doesn't seem to be the season of life I am in. Maybe God will just use my love for it to encourage my little children one day.

Anyways tonight my singing was not great at all, but it was so cool because even though I didn't think I did good, God was still glorified in a great way. When we went on stage behind Pastor Matt as he was giving the invitation, I just kept praying for the Lord to draw lost students to HIMSELF and to do a work in their lives. As I looked up I saw 6 students that accepted Jesus Christ in their hearts!!!!! It was incredible. I teared up at the sight of what God did in that place. Then many students came to the alter and prayed together. Then tonight on face book many of my precious sunday school girls are talking about what God is doing on their face-book. It is such an amazing blessing and privilege to watch the Lord move. It will never get old!
I was just humbled and in awe that even though I thought I did not do well tonight, God sure did and that is what it is all about, glorifying HIS name above all things! God is sure up to something in Woodstock and we are praying for a revolution to happen in the hearts of the students! He is the God of this city, and greater things are still to be done here!

Grandma's house for the week :)

This week has been a blessing staying with my little precious Grandma. We have had so much fun and have eaten so much food :) Enjoyed homemade sundays, and our wonderful tea and sweet conversations. One day I went and made a big dinner for my Mom and Dad and us, it was our version of a restaurant within our budget :) There are a couple of those pictures on here to. The other pictures are of my cousin and I getting into my Gramcrackers night gowns, she was cracking up at us and we had a wonderful time laughing and being girls.

Been a crazy week with balancing taking care of my family, my Grandma and work and church stuff but it has been a wonderful one with many answered prayers (thats another post in itself.)

The pictures aren't working out so great so I will have to post the rest later

Mission trip Team

Tonight we had a wonderful meeting with our team and a precious couple who is leading the missions over the area we are going. God is doing so much and it was an absolute encouragement to hear all of the puzzle pieces coming together for the trip ; and also hear story after story of God's confirmation of this trip and HIs almighty provision. Here is a picture of our team. I am excited to see what God has in store!

Letter

Here is a copy of my support letters so that you readers will have more of an insight as to pray for the task we have been given. Thank you everyone for your encouragement, prayers and support. God is working in a great way and I am in awe that I get to watch His plan unfold.

Dear Precious friends,
I hope you are doing well. If you are receiving this letter it means that you have had a special part in my life and I want to share something with you that the Lord is doing. About a week ago I was babysitting for a sweet friend who was in town for a couple of weeks, I was blessed to spend the day with her and hear about what the Lord is doing. As I was listening to her talk I was praying and asking the Lord for an opportunity to help, but was feeling inadequate for the task. About 5 hours later she asked if I would be interested in going in September. She continued to tell me that there is a strategic planning meeting taking place with servants and that there was a need for childcare. God took my fear of inadequacy and showed me how he can use my simple love for children to encourage my fellow believers! My task while I am there is to simple serving these servants of Christ by loving on their children, so that they can attend this conference.

The mission trip is September 19-28 and will be in because that is a neutral country for these servants. I implore you to partner with me in prayer for this trip. Please pray for our safety and that we would be an encouragement and a refreshment to these precious servants of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am so grateful that God has graciously provided most of the airplane ticket I was able to take care of the rest of the cost for the ticket. What a true blessing from the Lord and an answer to pray! Please pray for me as I walk this path of obedience, and as I go to there to serve these incredible people. If you are interested in partnering with me through pray or financial support please let me know. Also, hopefully I will be able to update my blog (http://brittany-whileimwaiting.blogspot.com/) while I am there and keep you posted with pictures and prayer requests. Know that I am so grateful for you and I deeply love your family. Thank you for prayerfully considering partnering with me in this mission. Have a blessed day!

Serving HIM,

Brittany Brummel

Grandma

Today was a wonderful day, I got to spend it in the hospital hanging out with my precious and godly Grandma along with my Aunt and Mom. She was having some heart issues along with some other difficulties and was in ICU. Today however she was doing great and was talking with me, and enjoying looking at the pictures I brought her. I enjoyed getting to love on her and just be in the room with her, even while she was going in and out of sleep.

I am so grateful for such a godly woman of influence in my life. I go over to her house all of the time and sit down and have tea and just talk about the Lord with her. She loves it when we cook together and just fellowship. I am so blessed by her.

Here are some pictures of my Grandma and today

Discouragement and Assurance

On Monday morning I woke up very discouraged about the financially burden of this trip, even though I know the Lord will provide it still is a lot to raise in 3 weeks. Therefore I was praying hard about it and discussing things with my Mom and walking away very down, knowing that this is what has called me to do but having a storm during the walk of obedience. About an hour later I was praying and reading my bible during my devotions when I read this verse

"Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance." Psalm 43:5 This verse was such a refreshment to my heart and I am so thankful for the bread God gave me.

The next verse spoke directly to my heart and COMPLETELY gave me further confirmation that I am to go on this trip

"My God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan........" Psalm 41:6

Can you believe that???? It was incredible that God gave me a verse. What a great God we serve! Needless to say God encouraged my heart and confirmed once again that this is right where I need to be. I am just trusting in His mighty hand!

Mission trip

Last week I wrote the post about how the Lord was doing a work in my heart regarding missions and HE sure did follow it through. I have been given an incredible opportunity to go to a unnamed country in September. There is a meeting taking place there with many missionaries from unnamed countries, they couldn't leave their wives and children because of safety so they are bringing them there for the meeting. The couples will be in meetings, therefore they needed child care for their children during this time. So they were in need of 4 ladies from woodstock to travel and provide childcare so the missionaries can be in their strategic meetings. I have been given the opportunity to love on and serve these missionaries who give their life for the gospel, and suffer every day for HIS name. I am so excited about this opportunity and after feeling like God could never use me because I am not talented in many different areas, God flat showed me that He can use my love for children to refresh the lives of these missionaries. What an incredible opportunity!!!! I have such a peace, excitement and joy about going. I am just praying for the Lord's provision, guidance and direction as I walk in obedience the path He has for me. Please pray for me and for the other 3 ladies going, that God would prepare us spiritually,physically and financially and that He would refresh and encourage these missionaries. I have lots of ideas on how to be a blessing to the missionaries while we are there. For example do a date night for the couples, where our team can give the ladies manicures, pedicures, I can do their makeup and hair and they can have a date night by themselves which they never get to do in the desert. I also can't wait to be with these kids, speak english with them, laugh, sing songs and just have a good time encouraging them. God is so good to allow me this opportunity and I am trusting in Him to provide the needs to go.

Unexpected blessings!

So today I was honored and privilege to go along with a sweet lady to a day of encouragement with some godly ladies. My job was to watch her precious little daughter while they met. The little girl was SO good and was an absolute delight to love on.
We drove to Helen, GA and I immensely enjoyed the conversation on the way there and back, and I felt so special when the sweet ladies included me in a scavenger hunt around Helen. This incredible lady challenged me just by her life and her hard work for the cause of Christ. I came home overflowed with joy and excitement about what God is doing and praying about my part in HIS plan.

Today I was all ears soaking up every story about the Lord moving, and listening to the hardships that they( the missionaries) face and the daily sacrifice and persecution they experience because of the gospel of Christ in their lives. WOW! It was amazing and really made me reflect on my life, and bring me back into perception of what really matters in life and how it is all about spreading the name of JESUS! What a reality check for me, about the privileges and riches we have in America, like clean water, bread without bugs, electricity and freedom to worship! Incredible day of encouragement, blessings and the Lord working in my heart in great ways. Lately He has been working in my heart regarding missions, giving and evangelism. I just pray that I will walk so closely to Him that when He calls I will hear His voice and walk in the way He has set before me. I yearn so much for more of HIM, and not to waste this season of life but make a difference for Him in the here and now. I think sometimes we get so caught up into the excitement and goals of tomorrow that we miss out on the plan that God has for us TODAY.

Although at times I feel discouraged feeling unqualified and completely unequipped for the task, I know He will give me the strength. As a precious friend reminded me today, He doesn't call the abled, but HE enables the called! What a comfort to my heart, when I feel so unworthy and so weak, knowing that whatever He has for me He will prepare me for.

Thank you sweet Jesus for the refreshment today! Open my eyes to see your will as I wait in YOU!

While I'm Waiting

I have been wanting to write a blog for a while now. This blogs purpose is to write down all the Lord is doing as I wait on Him in life, to encourage other believers, and to stay in touch with people. I named it while I'm waiting, because that is the season of life that I am in and I LOVE it. The song "while I'm waiting" says it all for me "While I"m waiting I will worship you, while I'm waiting I will serve you, I will run the race even while I wait." I am a single young lady who is incredibly blessed with an AMAZING job, and a wonderful family, and praying for the Lord's direction and will to be done in my life. Thanks for joining me in this journey!