I was blessed with a wonderful job when I came home, however change in management has created the most stressful work situation I have ever known. If anyone out there knows of a job available temporarily through June, please let me know. I have work experience in childcare for 6 years, about a year of retail, and now four months of restaurant service and grocery store cashier!
I am getting more and more excited about going back to India, which in turn ends up making me more and more nervous about returning. It's going to be a whole different ball game being staff than it was being the student. Sure I thought the latter was a lot of work, but I actually think the former might be more! I just am glad I won't have to chart anymore. The thing that terrifies me is teaching and leading people, young women especially, deeper into the character and Spirit of God. Yikes. Talk about pressure! I am happy to know that when I'm over there I won't be doing anything in my own strength or wisdom, but it will definitely be 100% God working through me.
Right now I am set on paying off my credit card by June. That is my goal. I don't even have a goal of any money saved up before I go back. So, please continue praying that my debt gets miraculously paid off and that I am able to have some money in the bank before I go back. If you need a baby-sitter or know of anyone else who needs one. Or you need someone to do your laundry, house-sit, dog-sit, cat-sit, gerbil-sit. Need someone to water your plants, rake your yard, shovel the snow. Whatever you don't want to do, pay me, I'll most likely do it. It will be completely for my trip and God's plan for the next 2 years. He wants to equip the future pastors of India with the truth and clean out their minds of all the false teachings they have heard in the last few decades. India is also full of different cults and religions. A lot of false teachers in the shape of gurus and spiritual enlightening groups. There are gods and idols everywhere you turn. You can't buy anything that hasn't been first offered to some tiny deity. India needs the Way, the Truth, and the Life that is found in Jesus Christ alone.
I am still trying to process things I have learned during my SBS but it's hard to know where to begin. I have a two foot high pile of assignments from those nine months and even more notes on my laptop that I want to read again. I just don't know where to begin.
Thank the Lord for an opportunity in the morning to share about YWAM and its many opportunities to make God known throughout the world. Grace Fellowship is having a weekend of ministries and missionaries sharing their experiences and opportunities for people to get involved and make a difference. I want to meet people tomorrow and form relationships and connections to share what God is doing in India, or at least in Maharashtra through his servants there.
I pray you all remain healthy this wonderful holiday season. That God would speak to you in new ways and nudge you in new directions, or old directions you forgot about.
