Unspeakable Joy

Days like today are gifts from above. There is no other explanation for

it other than divine appointments from the Father.

Knowing that I was exactly where the Lord wanted

me today warms my soul. You see that is one of my biggest

struggles is I never feel like I am where the Lord wants me, but that is a

story for another day.

I had another Uganda Team meeting today and each meeting is more affirmation

to me of how anointed our Uganda Team is. His presence is so alive in the room

it's crazy !God is going to do Big Amazing Awesome (don't you love my big words) and wonderful things and I am patiently waiting with expectation for what exactly that is.. I know already it is going to be beyond what I can even imagine.

Learning about the culture and the people of Uganda, makes me crave for the day I get to meet these beautiful new friends.

My only responsibility on this Mission Trip is to love God's people the way he first loved us. WOW- what a privilege that the Lord has hand picked ME.. to send His love from Texas to Uganda in the package of someone like ME?

So undeserving of this blessing, but I will accept it with open arms. And as our team is learned this week in John 15:16-17... "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed YOU to Go and to bear fruit- fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command. Love each other."

I want to bear fruit that lasts...

I had another unexpected appointment tonight at Dallas Life Foundation (Homeless Shelter). Although I always expect God to do big things, I don't always expect Him to use me. In fact, lately, I have felt very USE-less to God. But as I learned tonight, that has been because of the attitude of my heart. Tonight he saw an opportunity to use me to show love to a woman names Meka and her two beautiful boys. If you saw these boys you would see why I was drawn to them. Meka had pain her eyes when I walked up to her and her boys tonight. I wasn't sure if she was going to let me "in".. but immediately she started breaking when we started talking.

Oscar's lessons are always powerful, but I prayed... Lord, please speak directly to Meka tonight and He did just that. She hadn't opened a Bible in years, and we did just that.We read together. I shared with her other chapters to read to encourage her. She was confused about whether she was saved or not, so she rededicated her life to the Lord and the shackles came OFF! She needed love tonight and through the Lord, I responded. It was a blessing and honor to be with Meka tonight and I felt the Lord squeezing both of us tightly. The Presence of the Lord was at Dallas Life tonight and I am blown away to have been a part!