I am overwhelmed right this very moment of the Lord's great love for me. I am blessed to be running this race with the crew I am running with. The Lord has blessed me abundantly with family everywhere I go. I have family in the Tacoma area, family in Kona, and now family in Irvine. The Lord never lacks in the love department. Everywhere I go the Lord abundantly pours out. There is no way to feel alone with as much love that is here! Home is anywhere you have meaningful relationships... I just love that!
I love the girls in my life! Each one is so special to me. The team the Lord has placed me in is literally everything that I have needed in this season. We as humans all have these desires in our hearts to be known and to be loved, and I feel that around all of these amazing young women. They are all so gifted and anointed by God. They all house a gracious authority and a beautiful fire.
The Lord is moving in our midst. His strong and mighty Spirit is guiding us to where He wants us to be. We have been so blown away by His faithfulness in this hour to tangibly speak to our hearts. Sunday night the leaders of our team sent us out on a faith journey. We were given a list like a treasure hunt and told not to come back with out it completed. Our faith was being tested. We left with great anticipation of what the Lord might do. Where would He take us? What would it look like? I think each one of us envisioned something different. I don't think anything could have prepared us for what would happen next...
We got on the free way traveling south for about 10 minutes. We parked near a hospital and what we would find out later was a mall. We had a team of 2 and a team of 3. We dispersed.... You know when God really wants to get your attention when what you think is random repeats itself. I don't like to use the term ironic but instead replace it with DIVINE! It can only be God when both teams going different directions can end up talking to the same person. Rosi, one of the girls on the team going to the mall met this 19 year old girl who was pretty open to talk. She spoke truth and prayed for her. The girl thanked her and left.
Me and Nali decided after we prayed for a lady in the hospital that we would go try to find the other team so we headed toward this mall. We walked by this gal on a bench and began to talk to her. Come to find out it was the same girl that Rosi prayed for. This girl began to share with us that her mom had prayed for her the night before that God would give her a sign. She began to weep and tell us her encounter with Rosi and how it so impacted her life. She knew God was speaking to her. Not only did God confirm with 1 sign but 2. She was tired of running but to her church was boring... she is a pastor's kid. I told her that I rapped and she got excited. There is power in proclaiming the gospel no matter how its done. After I rapped she burst into tears again telling us of her heroin addiction, and how she was kicked out of her house. We believe God to be the Healer. We asked if we could pray for her. She was open. She poured her heart out before the Lord in such desperation. It was beautiful. The other team met up with us and we collectively prayed and ministered to her. The Lord did amazing things in that prayer time.
While we were waiting for her ride, we asked her to give us her contact info. She told us her last name and I seriously paused and was like huh... "Do you know so and so?" I asked. She said, "that was my grandfather". I immediately freaked out! Her grandfather was responsible for the salvation of my dad. This brings tears to my eyes even now writing this. We had a date with destiny Sunday night... or rather PURE JOY!
I am so excited to see what the Lord will do next... I love outreach. I am fully convinced that I am on the right team... in the right city.... in the center of God's will for my life. I love it here.
More to come...
