Today is a snow day in Atlanta! All of my northern friends and family have got to be laughing at us today. Yesterday we were blessed with about an inch of snow that left hundreds of people stranded, it took us five hours to drive 4.5 miles, but we made it. Below you will find a little bit about the way God has been moving in my life. It’s impossible to capture the JOY, the restlessness, the peace and over all excitement happening in my heart in just a few paragraphs but here is my best attempt.
We arrived in General Cepeda, Mexico on January 2nd after driving for 21 hours! From the moment I arrived at the Mission Base God was calling me to TOTALLY and COMPLETELY trust him and the plan he had for me that week. It was such a blessing to have my Dad experience the Mission in Mexico with me. Dad and I were able to build a roof at two different houses, share meals together, play with local kids, go to mass and pray with people from different small ranchos around General Cedpeda. I saw the Man of God that my Dad is becoming. I got to see God move in the hearts of my fellow teammates, and the JOY that was brought to young Mexican children by just dancing with them.
Throughout my time in Mexico God rekindled the fire in my heart for foreign mission. Through deep prayer, conversation and surrender I am going to be visiting Haiti from February 9th through February 17th to better understand the desire God has placed on my heart.
It’s a time of “Maybe” with a ton of graces to understand the way God is moving. Maybe I am supposed to enter into a foreign mission field. Maybe the gifts and talents he’s been building up in me will be used in Haiti. Or maybe, I’m supposed to go to Graduate School and use what I learned in Missions there. Maybe, I’m supposed to stay with Life Teen Missions in other roles, or at a different base away from Atlanta. I’m not really sure yet what God wants. I do know that our God is faithful. He will not leave me abandoned, or miserable, and he will fulfill the promises he’s whispered in my heart over and over again these past few years.
Here are two ways you can help:
1) I ask that if you feel called to help get me to Haiti you consider making a donation to the mission. Follow the link www.donate.lifeteen.com/
2) Pray for me! There is a novena I will be doing to Our Lady of Perpetual Help starting on February 9thand ending on February 17th. She is the patron Saint of Haiti and has been a very strong intercessory for clarity during my time as a Missionary.
Oh Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke your powerful name, the protection of the living and the salvation of the dying. Purest Mary, let your name henceforth be ever on my lips. Delay not, Blessed Lady, to rescue me whenever I call on you. In my temptations, in my needs, I will never cease to call on you, ever repeating your sacred name, Mary, Mary. What a consolation, what sweetness, what confidence fills my soul when I utter your sacred name or even only think of you! I thank the Lord for having given you so sweet, so powerful, so lovely a name. But I will not be content with merely uttering your name. Let my love for you prompt me ever to hail you Mother of Perpetual Help. Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for me and grant me the favor I confidently ask of you, that there be peace, clarity and confidence in God's plan during Amanda's time in Haiti. Lord, make it clear to her where you desire for her to be serving you and your teens next year. Amen
(Then say three Hail Marys).
(Then say three Hail Marys).
Let me know if you have any specific prayer requests.
Praying for you!
