Two Weeks Until My Journey

   Two weeks until I set out on this journey to Asia. Moments throughout my day I catch my breath and realize that this is really happening. Soon I will be stepping on a plane, leaving behind every comfort of home and stepping into a nation where everything around me will change. The peace I hold on to is that my Heavenly Father never changes. He is still the same when I stand in this nation or when my feet take me to another. Although the circumstances around me will have changed, He has not. He is still God and He is still in control. 

    Life around me will be different. I will see things that my mind will not understand and things my heart will not be able to handle. Each moment I believe He will be speaking to me, changing my understanding, and giving me a deeper revelation of His heart for the nations. I know this journey will change me. The desire of my heart is that this trip will not just be a memory, but a moment in my life that will change my future. 

A moment that will propel me into the calling on my life, to stand for justice for the fatherless in the nations. 

    During my stay in Thailand my time will be spent in a restoration home with young children that have been rescued from the snares of human trafficking. The picture of God as a rescuer and healer of the brokenhearted will become reality in the young lives being restored around me. I will witness true freedom come to these little ones that were once prisoners. 

    While in Cambodia I will get to see a beautiful picture of the scriptures that tell us, God sets the lonely in families. It is His heart that all children be in the safety and love of a family. During my stay with the Benz family, at Bykota House, I will get to be a part of sowing into the lives of these precious ones that have been set into a family.

    Lord help me to take in each moment. Let my heart receive what you have for me. Keep me from becoming offended with you when I don't understand what I see around me. Help me to see the people of this nation the way you see them. Help me to love through your eyes. As I walk across this land, let your presence go with me. Without you, I will not go.