Home Sweet Home

Well i have been home almost a week now.
And i have just started to realize everything God did in my life this summer! I am putting the negative aside and reflecting only on the positive!
The BIGGEST thing that happened to me this summer is I got SO MUCH CLOSER to my Lord and Savior. He taught me so many new and wonderful things. I have always heard the Gospel stories but had never read them for myself...well that's not so anymore. I read all four Gospels this summer and God transformed my life! I saw each story in a new light but all in all I discovered the intimate relationship Jesus had with His Heavenly Father while He walked this earth. And to have that in mind while reading the crucifixion and resurrection story just puts me in awe. Its amazing to know that GOD LOVES US SO MUCH AND HE WANTS AN INTIMATE LOVE RELATIONSHIP WITH US!
God also taught me this summer that people WILL fail you. In so many ways this happened this summer from team issues to the world falling apart in Clarksville one week. I definitely learned that there is NO ONE ELSE WE SHOULD PUT ALL OF OUR TRUST IN AND RELY ON MORE THAT GOD WHO IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND HEAVENLY FATHER AND HE WANTS TO KNOW US AND HAS A PERFECT PLAN FOR US EVEN IF WE CANT SEE HOW AT THE TIME!
God showed me so much about waiting and having patience to wait for His plan to unfold in my life. God is NOT a Magic Eight Ball...we don't just go to Him ask a question and shake Him to see what we get. We are to go to Him humbly and seek His face and His will completely. Not our own will with our own good in mind. That brings me to another thing I learned this summer is that i am one SELFISH person! ITS NOT ABOUT ME AT ALL! I AM JUST A VAPOR AND GOD HAS SUCH A BIGGER PICTURE THAN I CAN'T SEE AND I AM NOT EVEN PROMISED TOMORROW! all i need to do is live for God today and follow Him where He leads me in the future. He is in control and all I need. I am so in love with the God of this universe and He loves me so much and out of the billion people on this planet He cares to know me personally and He care to know each individual personally and He desires that intimate relationship with each of them BUT HOW WILL THEY KNOW IF WE NEVER GET OVER OURSELVES AND SHARE THE GREATEST GIFT WE HAVE...and i am just as guilty at this...i am the worlds worst at making excuses for not telling people about Jesus which goes back to I AM SELFISH but this gift is for EVERYONE NOT JUST ME! and I HAVE TO STOP MAKING EXCUSES AND GO WHERE GOD LEADS ME! For this fall that means APSU is my mission field. Next summer i don't know where it will be I feel as if God is leading me to go to Maine but that is going to require daily seeking God's face and His will.
God has taught me so much this summer and my relationship with Him has got so much better. And I will never fully know the impact I had on kids lives this summer but i know i planted so many seeds and discipled many new followers of Christ :)
This summer was SO LIFE CHANGING AND AMAZING!
I miss being on the mission field so much...and I can't wait to get back to it, but the mission doesn't stop when i come home! Its just getting started! God has GREAT plans :)
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS THIS SUMMER THEY MEAN SO MUCH TO ME! A THOUSAND THANK YOU'S COULD NEVER EXPRESS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS. CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ME AS I SEE GOD'S WILL IN WHERE TO GO NEXT!
I LOVE YALL!
<3Kacey.