PUMPED

...by the Well! har har har.

So the title of this blog has kind of become my catchphrase for this trip, along with "super excited", which tends to be my catchphrase for everything. And i thought of that clever little Well pun because I just wanted to share a little bit. I should probably be sleeping since I have to leave the house at 4:30 (with my wonderful parents who are also waking up very early to drive me there and see me off), but I really felt like sharing, I guess. haha..

The Well is a monthly event put on by Lighthouse's young adult/career ministry, also known as 29:11, and it just so happened that there was one such event this past Saturday. And it was powerful, with heartfelt worship and an inspired message. I felt God really speaking to me that night through Royce, who was speaking about Jesus feeding the five thousand. It was a story that I (and probably you) have heard many times, but it seemed to take on a special significance for me that night, which i thought was pretty cool.

I'd been feeling kind of (jittery? panicky? worried? some adjective along those lines) about our upcoming mission to Kenya. At that point, it was about three days away, and i was feeling woefully unprepared. See, we're planning on doing some worship ministry and having some sharing during some of the songs we're playing. I am doing some keyboard stuff during one of the worship sessions (i would call them worship nights, but they're in the afternoon... it'll have the same sort of feel, though!) and am going to share for a little bit during one of the songs - two areas where i feel especially inadequate.

In the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand, the disciples didn't have much to offer when Jesus told them to feed the crowd. Five loaves of bread and two fish. A tiny drop in the metaphorical ocean of all the food they needed. But they started passing the food out to the crowd, and Jesus multiplied it. What i've got may not seem like much to me. I'm not rockin' at the piano and i may not be comfortable with speaking in front of people, but i do love God and worshipping Him, and if i choose to give what i have over to Him, He can take that and do cool things. I've got to trust God enough to give those things over to Him for Him to use for His glory. After all, God's power is made perfect in my weakness, right? :) <--2 Cor. 12:9

So... yeah. That made me feel a lot more at peace about things, and my anxiety was replaced by untainted excitement. ( ..you might say i was pumped. by the Well! and hopefully that terrible play on words actually makes some sense now) If you wonderful readers of this blog could pray for all of us to be able to give this mission fully over to God, not holding things back from Him, that'd be awesome.

Well, we're heading off to the airport in a little over two hours now... my hands get all tingly every so often when i think about it. haha.. it's pretty sweet. Your prayers are always appreciated!