Right where I am at

I love Chicago. I love the people I have met here, my new, wonderful friends! I feel so blessed to get to know them and help them where I can. I am content with my life right now, truly I am. While I don't want to go back home because I want more adventures ;), I am needing to process through my trip and everything Jesus has taught me. I have had countless people I have met tell me you are powerful in the spirit, which makes me laugh, because I know where it comes from and it ain't from me ;). I, a person, am NOT that strong. I have my days where I tell people to shut up instead of loving them and taking the time to be with them. I can be ugly, BUT HE is BEAUTIFUL and when I tap into HIM I look like HIM, and that is BEAUTIFUL! It's got more to do with a small and simple choice I make to submit myself to Him than it has do with anything I can do. I submit myself to Him and He does the rest. I LOVE IT! It can't get much easier. That's how I was able to do everything on this trip, I stayed, or at least tried to stay, submitted. I can do that anywhere, I can do that right here :)
Now, that doesn't mean that I am going to stay right where I am at ;) I know I am going places. I know I was created to go places and love people, seeing all the cultures and beauty God created. There has never been a question about that, it's about when and where. God is opening doors for me to go adventuring with Him in AFRICA!!! Specifically, Windhoek, Namibia! I will be setting up medical records in a school and HOPEFULLY finding other organizations that need this kind of service. If I find more places than I will go there too! I believe this is my first step into what God has for me for at this time. If God opens up more places than I will attempt to become a non-profit/ngo so I can have more people help me with this task, because it's not just a problem in Africa, it's a problem in all developing countries. I hope this takes off and I can come back after Namibia and, possibly a missionary school in Mozambique, so I can start the process of becoming a non-profit/ngo and get grants for this task! THIS IS GOING TO BE A SERIOUS ADVENTURE!!! WHEW! Prayers will be needed, since I have no idea what I am doing! God knows what he's doing though! HALLELUJAH! He knows exactly what is needed :) As long as He knows than I am all good, I just might need encouragement from all of you ;) Yeah, I'll definitely need my brothers and sisters on this one... Ya all know I tend to procrastinate or get overwhelmed... Yeah, I got flaws... I know, I know... but seriously, anyone who's known me for two seconds knows that! HA! It's not like I hide it or anything ;) I am so glad you guys love me despite it all ;) God is so good!!!
Also, before I forget, please keep praying for Corinthia, the women who walked away from the sex trade business. She is searching for jobs right now and my friend Brittanie is asking for people who feel compelled to help her with tangible things, money, to give. If that is something that interests you, let me know and I can give you her web address where donations can be given.
Also, for Kirk who is homeless while he is working out family issues and financial issues.
And Rob, who is very depressed and trying to find freedom. He struggles with alcohol and other drugs as well. He has accepted Christ, but he definitely has some strongholds that need to be broken in his life. Keep our brother in your prayers. He also has a left leg injury and is in a wheel chair. He is also homeless...
One more: my brother Chris. While he is alive, off of kidney dialysis, and kidneys working normally, he is back to his old ways of thinking: that he is only alive because of the dr's, which the dr's aren't even sure how that happened! He is in chemical dependency treatment right now and is hating it because he doesn't want to change. He is angry, very angry, about all of this and has become closed off again. I know God is doing something, but my mom is struggling. He dumps everything on her. I pray that she is able to tell him no more and to talk to the counselors there that can actually help him. Chris needs other people in his life to be there for him, because he doesn't hear anything any of his family members have to say when he is looking for help.
Thank you all so much!!! You guys are just as much a part of all of this as I am because of your prayers! Your prayers, I am sure, have kept me safe when I have gone venturing out by myself, late at night, in some "dangerous" areas. God has kept me safe and has allowed me to love His precious ones. When I felt any discouragement or loneliness, it quickly dissipated into JOY! HA! That's how I know you all were lifting me up! Thank you! I couldn't have had this adventure without even a single prayer from anyone of you! :) LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

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