Making Life Happen

Tomorrow, I embark on a 9 month journey I never thought would come, I'm leaving for my beloved country of Cambodia. A country and people that are so dear to my heart, and this dream I've put on the shelf  for some time is coming to life.

Not more than exactly 3 years ago, September 16th or so I, 20 years old on a one way ticket decided to adventure to New York for my DTS, something I had no idea about. No one I had known really had ever done YWAM, I knew not more than a single soul in New York, and I left. To this day, it was one of the best choices I've ever made.

My years in New York were extremely challenging, filled with growing, learning, changing, grieving, and celebrating. I changed more than I ever thought I could,  had my ever last boyfriend and first and only husband, and really began to learn what it means to lay your life down for Christ and what he calls us to do.

3 years later, I embark on a similar journey. Again into the unknown, the unfamiliar although somewhat. This time not alone, but with my best friend. Yet, I still feel God whispering the same things in my ear. " do you trust me?", "Are you ready?", " what are you willing to give up, and how far are you willing to go? "

And because in these last 3 years every decision with him was ultimately the best one, again with our plane tickets... with no idea what I'm getting into, I'm going. 

I'm constantly challenged by the fact that no matter what seasons we are in life, there always changing. People in your life are always coming and going, and in a sense.. It never really ends. This has been my favorite thing about my traveling extravaganzas, I've been able to share my heart with the most beautiful, gracious, loving individuals around the world that be friend me, and it's in those friendships I've found home.

I'm often approached, do you ever wish you were doing something else? No, not really. That's the thing, I'm doing what I've always wanted to do. Some may call it irresponsible, illogical in this economy, or whatever they may think. But I'm blessed to serve a God that delights in my dreams and desires and then gives me the grace to follow them, to make them happen.

Life happens, that's just the way it is. Whether you make it happen or not, it still happens. Might as well make happen what you want to happen, and take joy in knowing The Lord is right there by your side.