Saturday, August 9, 2008

change is good.

dear friends -
So here it is- the blog I swore with all my life that I would never have, not in a million years. I've always been kind of a private person, but I'm seeing that God didn't intend for me to be that way. I think it's my own pride and fear and insecurity that kept me that way. Praise God that He is relentless in His pursuit of us, in bringing us closer to Him and further from our prisons and our sin. So things have changed. I'm excited about having this space to write about what's going to be happening in this next part of my journey. I tried my best to keep everyone updated on the happenings in India last summer, and failed pretty miserably. My hope for this space is that I will be able to keep everyone caught up on what God is letting me be a part of in India this fall. If I haven't told you yet (sorry) - I'm helping lead a missions trip for college students to India from September - December. I'll be going with Adventures in Missions (same as last summer). Here's what I need so badly from you all: I need to hear your thoughts, and voices, and prayers A LOT. For real, I need your wisdom and words of truth, I need to hear Gospel spoken back to me over, and over again. I feel like I'm asking a lot.

I'm just now realizing how badly I need the body of Christ to surround me (hence me begging you all to be with me on this trip by keeping up with me here :). God has been showing me how helpless I am without Him lately. Which is always nice.The last month in India last summer I couldn't get out of bed without stumbling in front of Jesus and telling Him I couldn't go through with another day if I didn't have His presence, if I couldn't hear His voice speaking to me. He was so faithful to be my friend in that time. So i'm back in that same place again. So here it is; I'm going to be able to check my email once a week, please respond to this however is best for you. Yeah!!! I'm so, so grateful that I can ask all of you for your support in this!! Peace - jennifer

Here is a sneak peak of the awesomeness that is India.

They're cutting the grass. it's too much, where do kids this
precious come from , you might ask? that's right, India.