I can't believe that only five months ago I was sitting at fire house subs talking with my mentor Jaycee Jensen when she had to cut our meeting short because she had papers to turn in about requesting interns to work with her this Summer with her organization, New Hope. She briefly explained what these future interns would be doing and was on her way. I had no idea that this one small mention of an idea would stir such a passion in my heart.
At the beginning of November a friend of mine asked my college group at RMCC if they wanted to join in on a seminar to learn about the foster care system and adoption process, at first I immediately turned away from this, seeing that I am not of age to ether foster or adopt a child, but I attended anyway to support a friend. From this experience I felt a spark of compassion for these children that made me want to know more about how to help kids that are put in this situation. As I allowed the Holy Spirit to continue to grow that passion I have seen that as a believer in Jesus I have been adopted into the kingdom of God, and my job in that is to spread the gospel to orphaned children, so they can be adopted into His family as well.
Since that first conversation I have been chosen for the job, and will be joining Jaycee and four other amazing girls on an 11 week adventure that will challenge me in ways that I haven't yet experienced. I have many fears, but I know that through constant prayer and being able to have women pouring into my life I will learn how to get through the hard times and, most importantly, I will learn how to lean on the Lord(sometimes I get so caught up in doing His work that I forget to include Him in on it). The toughest things for me will be that I wont know how to relate with girls coming from much different up bringing and obviously rougher conditions than I have. In those moments what I need to remember is that the one thing I have in common with them is the Gospel. I want them to know that Jesus died for their sins and He wants relationship. I am praying that He will humble my heart, and that He will continuously break it for the things that break His.
Now I have only three days to spend with my family and friends before I get on a plane and head out to our adventure to Riga, Latvia. The nerves and excitement are overwhelming! I can't wait to finally get on that plane and start my journey furthering the kingdom in Latvia.
