Training camp came & went & left with me a changed heart that I will carry on roads less traveled.

By the grace of God I was broken & put back together better than before. I have tasted & seen Him. I know this now because I was taught to discern His voice. 

His voice uplifts & speaks words of truth - words that give life & produce the Fruits of the Spirit. 

Will you meditate on each Fruit? Ponder what each one means, & how it would look:

• Love
• Joy
• Peace
• Patience
• Kindness
• Goodness
• Faithfulness
• Gentleness
• Self Control

Does that not sound like everything we need to restore this broken world? 

Let me paint a picture for you. It has been another sleep deprived 15 hour day of workshops, team builders, sermons, exercise, & getting to know 30+ people over & over again. I need somewhere to recharge & process. My options are a port-o-pottie or my tent. I lie in my hot tent growing rather sticky. I stare at the silhouettes of spiders & centipedes that surround me. The devil whispers to me, “you’re trapped”, a lie I’ve grown all too acquainted with.

I feel my throat tighten & my eyes well up. I seek refuge in the tree line & begin to weep. Then I remember it is only the enemy that evokes feelings of fear & condemnation & I stop him in his tracks. Not by my might, but by His. 

Jesus has told me that I am set apart. “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:14

That was day three. A week spent out of my comfort zone is the understatement of the century. 

I shared a tent with a stranger, showered with a bucket of water, hiked 2.2 miles up a mountain with 20 lbs on my back in the rain & then camped on it, peed in the woods, slept in a tent with a giant daddy long legs, & flicked a tick off of my sleeping mat. (If you know me then you know what that did to me psychologically.) 

I had my faults revealed to me in front of strangers & I cried in front of them too. It was difficult & uncomfortable & I will never be the same.

It is in moments of great trial that we must reach deep into the fabric of our spirit & see what we’re truly made of. If this was after only day seven, I can only imagine what month 11 will look like.

Update:

I’m stoked to share that I will be starting off in Guatemala, then onto Honduras, Costa Rica, & Nicaragua!

While on the field I will be a coordinator for Beauty for Ashes. This means that I'll be looking for opportunities to facilitate events that foster hope, healing, & restoration for oppressed woman through ministry & training.

I hold the adversity faced by woman very near to my heart, & it ties in perfectly with the storytelling I have already planned. Truly I am feeling as Esther must have, “Perhaps this is the moment for which you have been created.” Esther 4:14 

I appreciate you taking the time to read this & support me on this journey!

All the love, Lindsey 

P.S. Please read John 15:1-17. It is everything.

Posing with Mount Yomah before climbing it.

The view at the top of Mount Yoma. 

Getting our game faces on for Squad Wars! m/

Come have a seat at the table. :-)

Praise and worship under the night sky~