Me Verses the Velvet Curtain (I Lost)

Me Verses The Velvet Curtain (I lost)
May Update

“Therefore I declared them to you long ago, Before they took place I proclaimed to you, so that you would not say, ‘My idol has done them, and my carved image and my cast metal image have commanded them.”  ~ Isaiah 48:5

Hello Friends and Family!

I hope this newsletter update finds you well. Since I last wrote I have been spending time with the people I love, preparing for CSOM, and finishing up this year of the program! It is so crazy to me that this is my last month here in California. In the past month I was able to go home for a friend's bridal shower and to meet with my church one last time before I came home. I cannot express the gratitude I feel for my missions Pastor there, as he has been incredibly encouraging through this whole process and excited for the things I am able to do down here as well. This has been less of a means to an end but the beginning of a mentorship as he made sure I knew that his guidance in my life was not contingent on my willingness to do missions through their church, but that he just wants to walk alongside me as I figure out what the Lord might do with my life.

Here’s a little bit of home! It was such a sweet refresh as I finish up down here.

Speaking of what the Lord is doing with my life, He has been reaffirming thoughts and feelings through scripture in incredible ways. As of recently I have felt him convict me so much in the ways I want to pull back that velvet curtain in my life. Wanting to just simply know and understand, which often feels rational and not selfish at all. The reality is, as it says in Isaiah 48 that He knows us. He knows just how stubborn and obstinate we are, so He has kept things hidden so that we would not attribute to ourselves the work of God. I encourage you to read that entire chapter because it spoke so deep to my heart, as it put into words what I had been feeling for weeks.

The moral of the story is that the Lord reveals things to us at the right time so that we might receive it well. He knows the condition of our hearts and our tendency to take matters, plans, or circumstances into our own hands. He gives us an inch and we want a mile. So my prayer as of late is “Lord may I be satisfied with the inch, with the crumb that You give me. So that when it comes to pass I give credit where credit is due. That it is You who fulfilled it. It was You who provided.” He likes to test our trust… I like immediate assurance. This leads to a game of tug of war between me and the Lord. So I will not worry about the details and the how or the why but cling to the fact that I know what He’s spoken and that He will show me the rest when it's time.

This was the Hindu Temple!

Now these past few weeks in our Culture Class we’ve been visiting temples of other religions. So far we’ve been to a Muslim, Mormon, and a Hindu Temple! It’s been so cool to learn and see what these spaces look like. We’ve been learning about other religions and our differences all year so to hear and see it first hand was a trip!

Us in the recording studio!

We also had the opportunity to visit Living Waters, a ministry founded by Ray Comfort who is an incredible evangelist and teacher. We got to get a tour of their podcast studio and offices! We reference Living Waters and Ray’s evangelistic methods a lot in the program so it felt like a full circle moment.

Please continue to pray for the students and leaders that will be coming to Mexico at CSOM this summer! It has been encouraging to see a handful already applied and accepted and still others with interest. We’re almost a month away! I’m also still support raising my $2,000 cost to go, so if you feel led, my giving link is below! The next time I write very well might be at CSOM, but for now I pray that you continue in trusting the Lord’s plan or your life and if you have any prayer requests please write me back! I love hearing from you guys :))

Prayer Requests:
Financial provision for CSOM!
Prayer for the students and leaders
Strength and energy to finish out the year of MTS
Prayer for the friends we’ve met at these religious temples, that they would become saved!

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