“If you don’t have a definite call to stay here, you are
called to go.”
I read this quote this morning. You see I should be
preparing for semester 2 of nursing school that starts tomorrow, but I find
myself on the website I have been visiting the past couple of days faithfully.
The website is called “Adventist Frontier Missions”. It is an organization that
sends missionaries to the unreached people of the world.
Let me take this story back to when I was about 15 or 16
years old. That Sabbath, instead of going to my home church, we went to my grandparents’
church in Tehachapi to visit them. I remember everything about that Sabbath. I
remember that the speaker was a representative of AFM (Adventist Frontier
Missions). He was there because one of the girls that attended that church was
going on a year-long mission to Albania (she is actually a good friend of mine
now). I remember being so inspired and felt that God was gently telling me that
this is what He has planned for me. Even though I was inspired, I pushed the
idea to the back of my mind. I continued with school, fell in love, had some
drama and totally forgot about my desire for mission work. Once I got into
college, I found God again, was baptized, and slowly my desire came back for
mission work. God totally lead me and I have now been on two mission trips, one
to Honduras, and one to Guatemala. These trips have taught me so much about who
we are called to be, and who Jesus really is. I have fallen in love with a
loving God and it is my desire to follow Him wherever that may lead me.
That brings me to just this past week. It was on Monday, and
I was going to start preparing for school. But somehow, I felt that I needed to
visit this organizations website. I was overwhelmed with a feeling of strong
conviction and total peace. I searched through the website, looking for current
mission calls, finding a few that would be awesome to take once I am done with
school. Feelings of slight fear for the unknown started creeping in…the fact
that I could be in a brand new place, with brand new people, far from home
would scare anyone. Then I was lead to a video…and after watching it, knew that
this has to be my calling. Why? I have NO clue why God would want to use me. I
have no clue why He sees me capable of doing this. But I do know that He wants
to use me. And I do know that if I don’t answer the call, I may not be
following his plan for my life…and I would be lacking faith.
I have been praying about this day and night for the past
year, that God would use me in WHATEVER way possible. Whether it is here, or
there, or anywhere. And I read this quote today, and it made me really think…
“If you don’t have a definite call to stay here, you are
called to go.”
Please pray with me as I seek out God’s plan in my life, but
most importantly, seek God yourself and ask Him what He has planned for you.
Life is so exciting with God and we are all called to step out in faith!
Love you all!
Here is the link to the video, if you would like to watch it too :)
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