Review

Thinking back to the sixth grade, I remember one event that stood out to me more than anything else that year. This was the year that God had placed the mission field on my heart, for the first time in my life I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. I remember that bright summer afternoon when I was driving back from Beverly hills with my Dad telling him of my new desire and prayer to one day be a missionary. The response I got was one that has struck in my memory, he said if you so desire to serve on the field are you so willing to never see your mother and I again, are you ready to live a life of hard work and sorrow with few moments of great blessing in seeing the souls of men turn and repent, are you willing to die in the country for Christ? The final question was are you ready to serve in the deepest humility? For me at this age I remember thinking this is a lot to consider however I am most willing for I feel and am convinced that God has called me.
Today friends I would still say that, yet I would add somethings to it. Lord send me anywhere here or halfway a crossed the world just go with me. For now I would say that one day by God's grace may I buried my heart in whatever country He has called me to!!!

Moving through this Strange Time in Life.

Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature…Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. – Helen Keller

There are times while I am here at school that all i want to do is to break out of the mold and do something crazy like go travel for a year or go work on the mission field before finishing college. I know why I don't do anything crazy because the desire to serve on the mission field medically keeps pushing me on to finish! All this holds weight and keeps me going at my homework taking classes that are way over my head as welll as several other crazy things!!

Count the Cost

 Today in Chapel we were told in the beginning that this chapel was to encourage our hearts for those of us that desired to go into the mission field or ministry. The teacher today was a missionary from south Africa a grad of TMC and TMS. Anyways i found it refreshing and helpful to remember what being a missionary really means. Prof Horner, often says that we tend to make the Victorian age in England perfect in our minds and forget the harsh realities of the day, I believe we also do this when we think of missionaries we tend to glorify them in our mind from all the books that can be read on the subject. The passage that we went to was II Corinthians 11:16 till the end of the chapter. Here the Apostle Paul is giving his long list of all the times he has suffered for the Lord's name. One of the quotes that hit me was by Charles H, Spurgeon, " While some float through flowery clouds others must fight through bloody seas."  Our speaker said that he believes missionaries are those that are called to suffer the longest and hardest for Christ. It was good to listen and examine my heart and see how I think of missionaries and how i think on the subject!! All I know is Lord please use these feeble knees and yet awake this passionately loyal heart of mine for You more than ever before.