Change,
It's hard to think that soon I'll be leaving everything I know and entering something different! That warm feeling I get cuddling into my own bed, the clean feeling I get when I take a shower in my own shower with my own shampoo and conditioner, my needy cat loving me up (even if I have been gone only 2 days), the hugs and kisses I get from my 3 year old little sister and hearing "your the best sister in the world", the frantic busyness of youth nights in student ministries, staying up late hours to watch a movie on a Saturday night with the family, date nights with my dad or hours of shopping in a store with my mom, going up every isle! That's all about to be a rare opportunity! I don't want to think that I'm saying "goodbye" but I'm saying "see you later!" I don't want to think that it's gonna feel like forever before I see my favorite people! But it's something God has called me to do and I'm gonna do it, like it or not!
Isaiah 61:1 and 2
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
I've dreamt this my whole life, why all of a sudden am I seeing how much I will miss "normal life"? That's just the thing, that is the beauty in the storm, the rainbow at the end of a good long rain! I'm about to pour out over several hundreds, if not thousands of people, whether I know it or not. God declares me a light when I walk into a room, my smile and joy can shine Him just about anywhere.
Matthew 5:14" you are the light of the world, a city set on a hill that cannot be hidden!"
This is what keeps me going, dreaming, longing, and running the race He has for me. I can't help but get excited but I'm also a little nervous. The nervousness is my lack of confidentiality in Him and I'm learning that I cannot settle for that! I HAVE to trust in Him completely.
He keeps giving me a feeling that He is gonna come thru for me in some way, I don't know what that is just yet but I believe it. Everything in me knows something is coming and it's exciting. I know that my new life will become a "normal life" again and that this "normal life" I talk of now, is gonna be a "different life" when I come back!
When I think of the road ahead I think of the people I will help and the things I will learn! I believe in changing people's lives, because I know God has changed my life in a mighty way, otherwise I would not be doing what I'm about to do or telling them what I'm about to tell.
When I think of the road ahead, I think of the many different places I will go, experience and live in.
When I think of the road ahead, I think of broken people out there in the world, waiting for someone like me to give them just a little bit of hope and that is the hope of a savior. A savior that loved us so much that He gave His one and only son to die upon the cross for our sins and make a way for us to know Him better(Jeremiah 29:11 in my own words). That IS my mission and always has been.
I have always known that you don't have to travel the world to be a missionary, because the broken people I talk of, are also in my own town! Their are people in Amarillo Texas with no homes, or a home with little to nothing. Their are people out there who have lost everything and their are people out there that have everything but a savior. I could go on and I think you know that too.
After I graduate, I will be departing for Denver, Colorado to take a discipleship training school (DTS for short) around the world with youth with a mission (YWAM for short). This will have me 8 weeks in Denver studying with YWAM and 11 weeks traveling the world with them. I will travel to Costa Rica, South Africa, Lesotho, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. I'm too excited for words.
While I'm there for a total of 6 months, I plan on updating my blog frequently. Plans might change once I'm there, but I'll do my best.
Thanks for all your support and to those who have sown financial seeds into my ministry, it means a lot.
Katie Jones
Wild at heart
Isaiah 61:1 and 2
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
I've dreamt this my whole life, why all of a sudden am I seeing how much I will miss "normal life"? That's just the thing, that is the beauty in the storm, the rainbow at the end of a good long rain! I'm about to pour out over several hundreds, if not thousands of people, whether I know it or not. God declares me a light when I walk into a room, my smile and joy can shine Him just about anywhere.
Matthew 5:14" you are the light of the world, a city set on a hill that cannot be hidden!"
This is what keeps me going, dreaming, longing, and running the race He has for me. I can't help but get excited but I'm also a little nervous. The nervousness is my lack of confidentiality in Him and I'm learning that I cannot settle for that! I HAVE to trust in Him completely.
He keeps giving me a feeling that He is gonna come thru for me in some way, I don't know what that is just yet but I believe it. Everything in me knows something is coming and it's exciting. I know that my new life will become a "normal life" again and that this "normal life" I talk of now, is gonna be a "different life" when I come back!
When I think of the road ahead I think of the people I will help and the things I will learn! I believe in changing people's lives, because I know God has changed my life in a mighty way, otherwise I would not be doing what I'm about to do or telling them what I'm about to tell.
When I think of the road ahead, I think of the many different places I will go, experience and live in.
When I think of the road ahead, I think of broken people out there in the world, waiting for someone like me to give them just a little bit of hope and that is the hope of a savior. A savior that loved us so much that He gave His one and only son to die upon the cross for our sins and make a way for us to know Him better(Jeremiah 29:11 in my own words). That IS my mission and always has been.
I have always known that you don't have to travel the world to be a missionary, because the broken people I talk of, are also in my own town! Their are people in Amarillo Texas with no homes, or a home with little to nothing. Their are people out there who have lost everything and their are people out there that have everything but a savior. I could go on and I think you know that too.
After I graduate, I will be departing for Denver, Colorado to take a discipleship training school (DTS for short) around the world with youth with a mission (YWAM for short). This will have me 8 weeks in Denver studying with YWAM and 11 weeks traveling the world with them. I will travel to Costa Rica, South Africa, Lesotho, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. I'm too excited for words.
While I'm there for a total of 6 months, I plan on updating my blog frequently. Plans might change once I'm there, but I'll do my best.
Thanks for all your support and to those who have sown financial seeds into my ministry, it means a lot.
Katie Jones
Wild at heart
