Life of a Missionary

All I can say is that God has been so faithful to me here in Iquitos and overall in my life.  God has been overwhelming me with His love and I am seeing how God wants to see our generation set free from the bondage that hinders them.  I honestly can say that the past couple weeks have been really rough for me, but even within that God has blessed me in so many ways.  First, God has given me a team of people to pour into and let them pour into me.  Second, as I talk about my past and surrender it over to Christ, he uses it to minister to other people.  With this, I have shared my testimony surrounding love and even though, I have heard lies from the enemy with love, God is still overwhelming with his.  I can´t wait to see more.  Also, I am enjoying sharing my testimony more and more than ever before.  I am such a new person with a new identity of a daughter of the King and I am His.  Nothing can come between me and my Lover.  Just last night, many things were conformed to me as I know God is calling me towards missions as a lifestyle potentially in South America!  Hopefully here as I love it and know God has blessed me with the gift of enjoying speaking Spanish and seeing His kingdom come.

I have so much to say and share, but every time I go to share something, there is something new that comes up.  As God has been impressing His heart upon me, He keeps revealing to me that He´s going to ruin my life.  I mean that in the best way possible; he´s taking me out of my comfort zones and placing me into a state of vulnerability.  He´s telling me to surrender my life for His…to take up my cross and follow Him.  This verse is making more sense to me as I am here in Iquitos doing missions.
This is the last thing I am going to share, but God is speaking to me through other people.  The second day of training, I asked for prayer because of the whole apathy thing and Jesse got a picture from God for me.  He saw a barren, dry land but then saw me digging and digging.  Finally, after digging, I hit water and it was gushing in my face.  Because of that digging, the land was water and fruitful.  So, this is where I currently am at with the Lord, and even though I feel like I doing a lot, God is definitely showing me more of Himself through it.  Finally, God is using the people I minister to encourage me and bless me.  On Tuesday, the women of the team went to a women`s prison here in Iquitos.  I was so exhausted, but I had a conversation with Rosario, a woman who is in prison for 15 years due to drug trafficking.  God has overwhelmed her heart and has placed many desires within her, but I got to encourage her as well with truth.  I know I will always have this sister here in Iquitos and man, all I can say is God takes the ashes in our lives to clothe us with beauty.  He has taken my despair and turned it into joy.