Missions Contemplations

These last few weeks I have spent a lot of time praying, talking and just contemplating about where God has put me this year. Not in a "I don't wanna be here" way, just evaluating and prioritizing. I have a lot of awesome people in my life that I am looking forward to getting to know better. And there is always school. :) However, I may have come across a new experience and wanted to let y'all in on it. 

This August I have the opportunity to go serve people who I have never met in Scotland and Ireland. I am not sure if I am going yet, but I'm in the application process. :) If you know me at all, you probably have heard me talk about Ireland. I love it. It is full of bright green fields and blue oceans and grey mountains and rain. It has a lot of farms and boats. Plus, the people have the best accent ever. I am very excited about potentially going to see all of this beauty in person.

The thing I am most excited about, even more than the sheep, is seeing how they do God. Every culture, and really every person, sees God differently. The things that my best friend cherishes about God are different than the things that I cherish about Him. The aspects of God's person that are commonplace to the Irish are different than those that the Scots see, which are different from what Americans see. If, to you, this sounds cheesy and kind of shmoozy and too much like the right "Christian" answer to be true, you would be right. That is how it sounds, but this truly is how I feel.

The group will be oversees from August 6-16. They are going to serve two churches, one in Ireland and one in Scotland. I don't have very many specifics about what we will be doing there, just that we are trying to serve in the most helpful way possible.

Anyways, I would like to ask you to pray for everyone who is going, regardless of whether I am part of that group. Specifically that they would go with servants' hearts and draw their strength from God. That they don't go with an attitude of pride, but are willing to learn and be taught as well. Pray that those who go will serve in everything, regardless of how much recognition they will get for it.