Un Corazón en Fuego

Enjoying my last full day in the United States until mid-August.  Well, not really enjoying.  Running around realizing all the little things that need to be done that aren't being done, and trying to make everything perfect for tomorrow morning (even though I probably won't sleep tonight) is more like it.  But that's not the point of this post.


Today's Grace Hour really spoke to me this morning. The message from Dr. Stevens, as well as the discussion with P. Scibelli, was about keeping our hearts on fire.


To me, this is what my summer trip is all about.  A few months ago, as I saw summer approaching, I began to wonder what I was going to do.  Working as an aide in an elementary school meant no income during the summer, and after a spring semester of full time Bible college, most summertime evenings were going to seem more empty.


P. Scibelli's right about this time of the year.  It IS easy to feel lethargic and spiritually asleep during the summer.  But I can't have that.  I experienced that last year, and saw how damaging it was to me.  After three years of Bible college, I'm still not perfect.  I still get tired and hurt, I still get discouraged, I still get thrown off course.  I know how easily my heart my heart can grow cold.  This summer has to be different.


My time in Peru is going to be about taking steps of faith, and letting God do something incredible in my life in a new place.  There are some things here that I will be stepping away from, and situations that I want to hear from God about.  Peru is going to be mission life, team life.  I want to see what God has for me, and experience foreign missions before I graduate.  I want to learn to soul win in Spanish, and to share God's love in ways that are far outside my comfort zone.


I don't know what God has for me starting tomorrow.  But whatever it is, it's fuel for a heart that's burning.


Mis palabras en español para hoy: "Confío en mi Salvador por todo, para Él es fiel y verdad."

To Pack and To Do Lists

T-minus 7 days, 15 hours, and approximately 40 minutes until my plane lifts off the ground.  In this amount of time I still need to:

• Pack-
• Clothing
• Peanut butter
• Chocolate chips
• More clothes
• Shoes
• Clothes
• A carry-on with everything I'll need to survive a day spent flying
• Clean, organize, partially pack my room (everything set for moving out when I get back...)
• Gather money, passport, important documents and essentials into a less conspicuous wallet/purse.
• Clean out car for parental use this summer
• Clean and organize my iPod library

Oh yeah, one more major thing...purchase my tickets!  This is definitely the first time I've bought plane tickets, and the LAST time I want to buy them so close to my flight date.  Ah well...tomorrow, provided USPS delivers the last few checks I need.

There's definitely been some busyness, stress and worry involved in this.  And yet, through everything, all is coming together.  My theme verse for the past four years (since I began the process of coming to Bible college) has been 1 Thessalonians 5.24.  It reads: "Faithful is He Who calls you, Who also will do it."  I'm resting in the fact that God's got a plan for this trip, that this is where I'm called to this summer, and that He'll do all I need.


Mis palabras en español para hoy: "Fiel es el que os llama, el cual también lo hará." -1 Tesalonicenses 5.24