My dear friends!
I am so excited to be writing to you about an exciting journey that is ahead for me :) For months I have been wanting to run around hippy skippy and tell everyone, but I had to wait! Writing this makes it feel even more official than the phone call months ago!
You have all known for some time now that I have felt led to GO but was told to WAIT. 4 years of waiting, growing, seeking, refining, learning, following, leading, listening and life has passed. I am confident more then ever that the time is now to pack up and go!
Come March I will be doing just that. Packing up my car with a few things and heading to Denver, CO to intern with the Denver Rescue Mission. It would take too long to explain how it all came about. Long story short- anything ordained and orchestrated by the Lord just works. I can't even explain how refreshing it feels to have a complete confidence and peace to pursue this opportunity!
I will be a part of this internship for 6 months // March-August! I am so excited to be set free from an on the clock perspective of ministry.
Confession: I am looking forward to working in a ministry that doesn't cling to a cheesy little feel good saying of "come alongside" or "dive into" they just DO IT. and by just doing ministry// that means building relationships, hard conversations, hard work, messy, not picture perfect strategic serving and consistent discipleship.
There is still a lot of details that I don't have answers about just yet. That kills the planner in me, but I am learning to just go with it an be patient. I will find out a lot more in February I am told :) haha!
This is not a paid position, so I am working like crazy doing extra jobs to save up to pay all my bills while I am away. No need for me to stress, I know the Lord will provide a way! I am so excited to see the Lord meet my needs in a whole new way in this stage of my life! He is always faithful to provide and equip me with the needs in my life to pursue after Him and the calling and purpose to bring Him glory!
Nothing about this adventure has anything to do with me, but everything to do with me getting out of the way in order for the Lord's name to receive all glory. The fact that I get to be a part of something like this is incredible. I am so thankful!!
This last questionnaire is for the worriers out there that think I am a crazy and who ask me these kinda of questions!
1) Are you scared? Nope, I'm sure there will be times that I will be worried but that's normal.
2) Do you know anyone there? Only my grandparents, they live about an hour away in Colorado Springs.
3) So you will have no friends? Nope, but I will meet good ones..I'm sure of it!
4) What is Liv gonna do? She is going to crawl in a corner and whither away...bahaha, seriously people?? She will be doing her thing and I will be doing mine! We will just be a few states a part challenging and encouraging each other over the phone and laughing at the random happenings of life! She is my sister and that will never change!
5) Oh my goodness you will meet "someone" there? Stupid expectation and furthest thing from my mind! It 's not a priority and has nothing to do with me getting out of Fort Myers.
6) What are you going to do after 6 months? I don't know and that is exciting :)
7) What do your parents think? They are the most supportive and encouraging parents I could ever ask for! I think they are more excited than I am!! haha
There are a lot more questions I have been asked but those are just the most popular ones :)
Final note:: I am so thankful for the people in my life that have continued to point me to Jesus and have challenged me to not make comfortable decisions but right ones. Obedient and disciplined decisions. Decisions that cost me something and require understanding and strength that I alone have no strength to pursue.
Following Jesus isn't following the American dream. It's more exciting than that :)
so boots, banjos, city, hippies, and mountains...Ima comin atcha :)
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