Obviously, I have been sadly lax in beginning my blogging journey - excuses are insufficient so I'll proceed to simply jump right in!

    So, I am heading off to Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa in September and I couldn't be more excited about it! I know this is what God is calling me to next year, and He has given me peace and assurance and excitement and He is just so amazing! Up until March this year, I was planning to go to college in Medicine Hat, Alberta, but started to feel not at peace with that decision, and feeling God wanted more for me! I felt a strong pull toward missions, since that is what I have wanted to do, but simply felt it wasn't feasible at this point in time. But God challenged me to stop limiting Him, and so I began to look into missions opportunities, mainly focusing on Africa because I spent last summer in Uganda and fell in love with it. I began to get frustrated, however, because although I felt strongly that God wanted me to serve Him in missions next year, nothing was turning up! Then suddenly, I remembered a friend of mine mentioning Adventures in Missions a few years ago ( I had looked up the organization but had forgotten about it) and I looked it up again. I saw this opportunity to go to Africa and got SO excited and felt immediately that this is where God wanted me! So I applied, accepted, and I'm going! I am grateful beyond words that God led me to this, and even for the long period of time in which I couldn't feel where God wanted me, because He definitely taught me to trust in Him and proved Himself above and beyond faithful! So now I'm working, and waiting till it's time to go, and learning to trust in God to provide. He is powerful beyond my imagination, and I'm learning to truly REST in Him. Every day is a new day to surrender everything to Christ and let His Spirit live in and through me, and this is the journey I want to follow for my life! My prayer is that I would be simply a vessel for Christ to work in and through here at home, in Africa, and wherever He leads!!!