adventurescga-blogs Aug 31, 2008 8:00 PM

What am I doing here?

So I get the question a lot "why are you doing this? What brought you to decide this?" I thought this would be a fairly good background as to why. ...

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So I get the question a lot "why are you doing this? What brought you to decide this?" I thought this would be a fairly good background as to why.
 
 
           I believe I was called to this mission trip while on a
self-centered trip to Alaska. I came up to Alaska to work at the Kodiak Baptist
Mission for reasons that were only for me. I wanted to be able to hang out in
Alaska for the entire summer and have a pretty sweet time hanging out with
children. When I first came to Kodiak my faith was not strong at all. For some
reason I figured this would not be a big deal. The fact that I was going to a
Baptist Mission would have no affect on me. I was very wrong.

            After
spending a few days in Kodiak I realized that the people here were amazing.
They all believe so strongly in the Lord. I had this immense fear that they
would figure me out. That they would completely see through me. I nearly left.

            I started
talking to the people here more and more about my faith. They only gave me
encouragement. They said they could see God working through me even though I
couldn't . I felt that I had come up to Kodiak for reasons that were
self-centered. However, God had a bigger plan for me, even though I couldn't
see it. 

            I started
studying and trying to renew my faith in Jesus. I slowly started to realize
that college was not for me now, my sorority was not for me. I soon started
searching for a mission trip or something I could do during my time off from
school. One morning I google searched "Mission Trips" and Adventures In Missions
was the first to come up and the trip to Nicaragua was the first thing that I
saw. It instantly seemed like a good idea. I applied two days before the
deadline closed.

            God has
used the time since to strengthen my relationship with him. He has put me into
situations where I know that I cannot do it by myself. I must put my faith in
the Lord. I want to use this opportunity to show this trust to others.

            Exodus
4:10-12

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