hello all.
i have had a few more days to get acquainted with the new culture and my new home for a while. it's been an awesome few days! we've done some really awesome things and i've gotten to meet kimberly's cell girls (small group-they are 16). everything is an adventure, really. everything is SO different and new. from architecture and clothing style to going to the grocery store and the words they use. but i've been learning alot from my time here. being a christian in england is less wishy washy than it is in america. you either are or you aren't. there's not much of this riding the fence, luke warm business. if you proclaim that christ is real, then you choose him and you follow him. but the opposite of that...totally lost souls. people are so lost and living for themselves here. i am thankful for the opportunity to be here and to be a light and to love people with christ's love. because perfect love drives out fear. we have so much HOPE because he is risen and i pray that i can show that to people as i live here. i am a bit homesick so please pray that i will find comfort in being in an unfamiliar place and in doing his will. also pray for the girls that we minister to. they are growing and maturing in their faith, and kimberly is doing a work here that is encouraging to be a part of. i am thankful for your support and will write again soon! have a blessed day. and choose today to follow jesus.
Chelsey,
ReplyDeleteGod has made you (Psalm 139:14). Since you are from Him you are for Him (Psalm 150:6). You have been planted these few days exactly where He wants you to be. The days preceding these were preparing you for this experience. Likewise, these days are preparing you for what is next. Be faithful in doing good (1 Corinthians 15:58). You have devoted yourself to this, believing that God is giving you this opportunity. Drink deeply from the cup of this experience, you may never come this way again.
Praying,
UncleD