So I bought some new luggage and luggage tags today with part of my tax return. I figure since I will be living out of two suitcases for 10 weeks (aaaack!) I might as well be living out of nice ones!
So I thought maybe you all might want to know the story behind how I came to even apply for such a crazy job this summer. Don't I like my freedom? Yes! Won't I miss my family and friends? Yes and yes, but this is so much bigger than me. For the longest time, I thought I would spend the summer in Florida working and hanging out. A couple of months ago, as I was driving to a friends house, I was driving around Melton Lake and the thought came to my head "Why don't you do missions this summer." I know with all that I am that this was the Holy Spirit planting a seed in my heart - And I thought - wellll maybe, but I've made other plans.
Ever since I went on mission trips in High School, I always thought it would be so neat to be one of the people paid to work for the mission organizations and have such an adventurous summer. If my life changed in one week from my various mission trips, how much more were the leaders' lives changing from being out the whole summer?! I had turned in an application the year after I graduated with CCI, but ended up going to NewYork for 12 days to surprise my friend Rachel whom I hadn't seen for 10 years and see her graduate.
The 10 summers since I graduated brought college classes, marriage, divorce, teaching summer school and various vacations so the dream was continuously tabled...that is until this year.
Simply put, I believe God has changed circumstances in my life to allow my summer to be open so that I can work an amazing job for His Kingdom and have an amazing summer of adventure. I only thought I was working in Florida this summer - as always - God had other plans. Am I scared to death? Absolutely! I've never been gone from home for so long before. I've never been away from my family for more than about 6 weeks. I've never been able to wake up and want to shop or go out to eat and not be able to because I had a schedule I had to follow and people I was in charge of. The fact is though, that my fears are stomped by my faith in Christ and the fact that I believe this job was meant for me and that for 10 summers, He never forgot the passion and dream that I had to do summer missions, because lets face it, one of these summers I will be married God willing and one of these summers I will have children, God willing and I am choosing to use my singleness for the hidden blessing that it is and go on a grand adventure. And what about going to Florida this summer? Please be in prayer for me as I prayerfully and hopefully move to Florida this Fall to complete my other dream of Graduate School.
This Friday I fly out to my first training and will be sure to update the blog with all the goings on from Minneapolis! Please pray for a blessed time and safe flight.
Love to you all!
Remember to seek the joie da vivre!
In Him,
Shannon
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