I hope you all had an amazing Easter! Thank you again so much for your support! Your prayers have been amazing and Praise God for how much he has provided! As for funding, God has provided my entire Budget for the trip! Thank you all for your support in this financially. Also, all of my shots are almost all done and I will be physically ready to go! God has opened so many doors for this and I am so excited! I wanted to give you an update on what I have been dealing with personally.
The past two weeks I have been feeling spiritually down. I have a hard time grasping the reality of things in general. I know I am going to go to Bali but it hasn't clicked in my brain that I will be going. I know the Lord is with me and is working in my life but I just haven't been feeling His encouragement lately until yesterday. I have been dealing with a lot of temptation but I know the Lord is teaching me obedience now. I have been having these thoughts that have really questioned my faith and I just feel really drained. I know it is silence with the Lord and rest is what I need but when I do give that time I can't focus.
Yesterday, I talked to my grandma about this whole situation. It was so encouraging talking to her about it because it lead me to this verse Psalm 37:4 "Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your hearts desires." As I was reading this I realized that I know what God has done in my life but wasn't thinking about what God is doing in other's lives surrounding me. I was so caught up in what God was doing in my life that I wasn't realizing that God was working through others.
Later that day, I went to visit a friend and she was explaining to me that story when Jesus told his followers to not follow him to see miracles and healings but to follow him to be with him. We don't necessarily need to see things happen, God wants us to just be with Him.
If you can please pray for me for:
*Spiritual replenishment
*Encouragement and motivation
*Spiritual preparation for the trip
*That my teacher Mr. Abramis will let me take my test early.
*God will provide a path for my schooling.
Thank you so much!
Love, Lauren
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