It’s crazy to think about that I’ve been in Thailand for
over a month now! Ah! I arrived here on September 6th and now it’s
October 9th. My God is so good! I can’t believe how far He has taken
me in just one month. It has been a hard month I won’t lie, I’ve dealt with a
lot of homesickness and confusion about if coming to Thailand was the right
choice for me. But God has been faithful. In this past week He has spoken to me
through quiet times, dreams, and other people. I am no longer struggling with
homesickness and I am confident that this is where I am supposed to be. Jesus
has supplied me with a wonderful family here. He has given me roommates that I
can invest in, talk to, and pray with. Through multiple attacks of physical
sickness and homesickness I have learned to be humble and ask for prayer. God
has really been showing me the power of prayer and how much it can be used to
encourage one another. My roommates are very passionate with prayer too, they
firmly believe in its power to change lives and to trust God for the results.
That has also been a significant learning curve for me while I have been here.
I have always had questions about prayer and the purpose of it. But through
intercession time and praying with my friends I have began to realize why it is
so important especially in the mission field. I always thought it was simply a
one-way channel of giving requests from God and hoping that he eventually
answers. But with YWAM I have learned that it’s very much a two-way channel and
that we need to be very expectant of God to answer, because He will. But what
we need to accept is that “no” and “wait” are answers too.
Anyways,
long story short, prayer is just one of the many things I have grown in while
being here in Thailand. I am so beyond excited to see how I continue to grow
through the rest of school, China outreach, and the main outreach.
I
also have a prayer request. My classmate Lauren and I have been fighting a
nasty cold in this past week and a half. Please be praying for healing because
it just doesn’t seem to want to go away. My symptoms are drainage and coughing
(which keeps me awake at night and its very irritating) and Lauren’s is stuffed
sinuses. Thank you so much for your prayers because I know that they are heard
and God uses them according to His good and perfect will!
Blessings,
Hanna
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