The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.
God chose me to be on this trip...He truly loves me - He cares so much about what I go through...He even sings over me! This verse was given to me by three different people. At the second songwriting workshop in Roubaix, a praise song using this text was created. Zephaniah 3:17 seemed to appear from nowhere randomly throughout the trip...but, it's really never random, is it? At the end of our time in England, Helen prayed over me that God would make connections for me...quite cool :)
I discovered though, that the connections don't come by themselves. I need to prioritize my time with my Father...He works out the rest. Seriously, everything else. Time, money, people, blessings, attitudes, heart...it's all His job - not mine :) what a relief.
I think the easiest way to give you the overview of the trip is to do this...Please! Ask me for details :)
Some of the things I loved most about this missions trip:
*Freedom of worship
*Freedom of prayer
*Discovering how close I can be to my Father
*Creating new songs
...3 amazing, God-inspired songs from 2 workshops!
*Meeting people from different cultures
...France of course :)
...England
...Brazil
...North Africa
...Central Africa
*Spending time with my Resonance team including:
...being Abi's Teddy
...drumming with Josiah
...being twins with Sarah
...swing dancing with Marquis
...singing with Jen
...praying with Heather
...worshiping with Chris
...studying the Word with Kendrah
...and everything about Uncle Dave! :D
This has truly been the best 6 weeks of my life! I've grown so much in my faith...PLUS I got to see others grow too! The awesomeness of God is beyond what I could ever say, but songs do pretty well ;)
There must be more than this,
Oh breath of God come breathe within...
There must be more than this,
Spirit of God we wait for you.
Fill us anew we pray, fill us anew we pray
Consuming Fire, fan into flame
A passion for Your name!
Spirit of God, fall in this place,
Lord have Your way, Lord have your way
With us
Come like a rushing wind,
Clothe us with power from on high,
Now set the captives free,
Leave us abandoned to Your praise.
