Life on The Road

St. Charles, MO

This past weekend I was in St. Charles, MO. I had such an amazing time! Overall, the event went quite smoothly. I have been learning more each weekend about how to make the event more successful for everyone. It is such a privilige to be learning professional business skills right alongside ministry skills.

This weekend while working at the Youth Pastor Breakout Session I saw a girl with a shirt on that was from my hometown area. Of course, I had to stop her to ask her about it. It turns out that she is originally from South Tampa and was a part of one of the local Christian communities that I was a part of. It was totally a divine appointment! As it turns out she has really been wanting to go on missions as well as come to the Honor Academy, but she was really discouraged about not having support from people around her and she was also worried about the money. I was able to encourage her and speak truth into her life. Isn't God's timing perfect?

Our team is currently in Warsaw, MO (the hometown of one of the girls on the team). We were able to put on a service at her church tonight and God moved mightly. I was scheduled to give my testimony as a part of the service. I had been praying about what the Lord wanted me to share. I was going to share my general "i've grown up in a Christian home" testimony, but God asked me to go deeper. I was reluctant. I ended up sharing about my struggle with suicidal thoughts. At the end of the service a young girl came up to me in tears and asked me to pray for her because her best friend's sister was struggling with the same thing. She asked for my advice on how to talk with her. It was just so wonderful to see the fruit of my obedience. It goes to show that even though you might not exactly understand why God wants you to do something, it's best to just do it.

Well, we are going to be doing a youth service this coming Wednesday night in New Mexico and then our next ATF is in Albuquerque, NM. I'm looking forward to seeing what the Lord is going to do there.

Until next time...

posted by Courtney @ 9:18 PM