This was an assignment for my Biblical Misson class and I thought I would post it. There is so more to say about this weekend.
"I
cannot choose just one class to talk about my dwelling in the world so
my context is Saturday of the World Mission Workshop or mostly God
showing me his plan. Background Friday of this story is as people from
WMW came through to the caf they would pass by the Wishing Well booth.
There was a guy that asked where we drilling, I told him mostly Rwanda.
His reply was what about Kenya if he already had a drill as he walked
into the caf. Back to Saturday morning, the first class I attended was
the Woman in missions. I learned that for a woman most of the mission
was to be a sacrifice. The woman said one of my favorite things that ‘a
picture is worth a thousand words even with children’. This touched me
for I have felt compelled by children that where my mission lies.
After that class I was headed to Spiritual growth in mission however
end up in the South African class instead. After I attended that class I
went to the Christian Relief Foundation and the guy from Friday, Bobby
Moore was sitting at the booth. We got to talking and I heard God giving
me a solution to my second journal about Wishing Well. Bobby told that
one man had given 100,000 dollars to fund half of twenty Wells and all
they had to do was find orginaztions to raise the money. This was the
goal that I had been waiting on for Wishing Well. He gave me his card
and two information sheet about CRF: one was hope for water and the
other was about different mission trips they have planning to go. My
mind was racing as I was hearing and seeing the work of God. God is a
God of chances, he is an encourage and loves using the shy to work his
way up. During the 11 am Keynote I could not sit still my mind was
racing. I was spazzing out; surrounding me was my two dear friends,
Dottie and Mike, that I made last year at the GME.
I thought of specific ideas to start raising money for the cause that
would line up to God plan. As I contuined to think about it I realized
what God was mainly saying, the job for me in this plan. He was telling
me to step up and become the director of Wishing Well the OC chapter or
at least one of them. I hate being in front of people. One friend
compared me to Moses which is very true, I don’t like going in front of
someone and being in charge. This became clear to me during the rest of
the day. When I went to the last class on dispora and listening to what
the students from African countries work and send some of the money
back home for their families. I revisited the CRF booth and talked to
him once more and he gave me a city that I could research, that would be
our city to make a well and a shirt for free. I had asked him if in the
trip to Kenya I would get to see the well being made or done.
My cousin is Ryan Groves the Wishing Well guy. He had told me to meet his friend Phoenix. When I met Phoenix he wanted to hear about me as I walked him to the bus for feed the children. He also invited me to dinner with the Pepperdine crew and the ACU recruiter. Later that night as I was riding in the van on the way to dinner I mentioned how I didn’t want to take over…but I felt like that is what God was telling me to do. Phoenix said, I should do it because I shouldn’t tell God no. Jessi added in that I might get swallowed by a whale. That made me smile. I guess I have to be like Moses and find my Aaron so I can follow God’s will in this context. Wishing Well has always been tied to my heart since I heard about it and saw the picture of the boy they met. I have to take it one day at a time with God on my side."