The Wilderness. That is was the Lord has been calling this season. He has described the wilderness as pastures of green with trees that bear fruit (Joel 2:22). He has described what’s to come after this season as waters breaking forth in the wilderness, everlasting joy, sorrows fleeing and redemption(Isaiah 35). But something that comes along with the wilderness is change and unknowns. To say the mountains of Asia have felt like the wilderness is an understatement.
This past month has been a bit of a doozy. Coming into it we were pumped to be teaching english at a local school, then when we arrived we found out the school would be closing for the Holidays and we would only have 3 days to teach. So right off the bat I was a little discouraged but the Lord is so reassuring and those three days were magical. I got to teach some 5 year olds who spoke little to no english by myself, it was humbling and challenging but so much fun!
After those 3 days we began an ATL month (which means Ask The Lord). We woke up in the mornings and had worship and simply said “God, what do you want us to do for Your kingdom today?”. Some days that looked like worship and interceding and somedays it looked like our girls building relationships with the women at the coffee shop or the teachers at the schools. It was exciting and really cool to see God’s heart for our little town. Still battling the feeling of purposelessness, the Lord was so kind and gracious in guiding me and my girls during that time.
Then came the sickness… As most of you may know my team and team Selah got pretty sick this month. I’m not talking like colds I mean like throwing up and IV’s in your arms kind of sick. In our town almost no one speaks english including most of the doctors and nurses so it was really hard to communicate and get treatment which did not help our situation. I won’t lie, I was scared and frustrated and confused. I didn’t understand why the Lord would send us here if we were only going to have 3 days of planned ministry and then get sick. But obviously the Lord knows more than I do (shocker) and He taught us so so much during our time here. I’ve never seen girls care for each other more than I did this month. I mean we sat in clinics and hospitals with one another for hours, we braved the cold and got drinks and snacks for those who couldn’t even get out of bed, we prayed and worshiped on each other’s behalf’s, we fought so hard for each other. The Lord taught me so much about community, Him being our comfort and relying solely on the Lords strength in our time of need. He instilled in us a heart of worship this months and it’s seriously what got me through being in bed for like 4 days straight.
All that to say no season is purposeless, even if it feels like your stumbling around the wilderness. God can use anything and everything to teach you something and to bring Him glory. Also praise the Lord we’re all feeling much better and we head off on our 24 hour bus ride back to the rest of B Squad in a couple days (Thailand here we come!). Thank you for all your prayers for us for healing, they were received and I just know the Lord was so please to have so many people fighting for His girls! AND if you haven’t heard,,, IM FULLY FUNDED!!! AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!!! okay that’s all for now, love you guys!
– Mags 🙂
