This is my first serious adventure into the world of blogging. Throughout the years I've dabbled but this time I really want to keep up with and inform people about what God is doing through me and in my life and the lives of those around me.
Personal Mission Statement:
To have a go big or go home attitude when it comes to all areas of my life. Continually rejoicing and walking in the beautiful love God has for me and standing up boldly for those who are hurting. My heart is to reconcile hurting and homeless teens to God who loves them deeply and provide them with shelter and all the tools necessary to live as they were created to live.
A Little Bit of Background:
To give a little background all I can truly say is that Jesus saved my life. I was dying in addiction after addiction and even after I accepted Christ as my savior I seemingly couldn't bring myself to allow Him to heal me. Years of lies built up by satan kept me in the dirt even though the Lord said I was His daughter and He wanted more for me. To skip all the sad and frustrating details and to get on to the good stuff... After 6 years of God pulling at my heart trying to get me to see that He had led me out of the darkness the night I confessed Him as Lord I finally allowed Him to take me over and change me completely. I am living proof that God is patient, kind, loving, a wonderful Father, and a beautiful friend and savior! "Selling out" to Christ was the best thing I ever did!
The Gist of What God is Doing Right Now:
Now to get to the meat and potatoes of what this blog is all about.
As of July 2011 I have begun to make the transition into a life of ministry. What this means is that the crazy, wonderful, exciting adventure that is making your life about showing others how great our God is has started. To start this exciting new journey into the unknown for me is a year long internship with an amazing ministry called Wild Fire! I am all sorts of excited for this internship and to learn the tools to move on into a life of full time ministry!
A Tiny Taste of the Big Picture:
So I suppose the only thing left to tell you is what God or I guess I should say who God has put on my heart.
I have no doubt in my mind that God has called me to help teenage prostitutes get off the the streets. Not just girls but guys as well. We are losing so many children to drugs, pimps, suicide, alcohol, bitterness, apathy, hopelessness, and all the other tricks satan uses to kill their hearts, steal their innocence, and destroy their lives. My dream is for a home where they can get clean, stay safe, finish school, reconcile with their families, have the ability to fall in love with Jesus, and mature into adults who will blow this world away with the amazing gifts God has given them. The average age of female prostitute is 13 years old and that is not ok! The average age of a male prostitute is 15 and that is not ok! The Lord loves them and I am so excited to show the kids I meet in a real way just how God loves and who Jesus is.
