The Journey

 The other night I was talking to Lacey (a friend from my previous trip to Africa) and we came upon the subject of Testimonies. And it really got those wheels turning in my head...   I recall having to share my testimony quite a few times (for the first time) while I was on my mission trip in South Africa. I had no understanding of what a testimony was supposed to consist of and so I pretty much told my life story just about every time. But lately, I have been thinking about what giving your testimony really means, what it really is. Thursday night, I figured that out.  I was at an Eddie James revival service at my church and honestly, it was amazing! The worship was powerful, Eddie's sermon was amazing, and his students were completely on fire! There was just this amazing atmosphere of worship and the Holy Spirit was so present... Everything you would expect from a revival service right? Well, it was so much more than just another revival service. That spiri...

    This past weekend I got the amazing opportunity to go to Acquire the Fire (a Teen Mania Event). And while that was super incredible and I got a lot out of it and had a blast, I want to talk about something else- One of the speakers talked about an organization called Compassion International . He said that it was an opportunity to support a child living in poverty. Then, a man came up on the stage and shared how this opportunity changed his life.          When he was a child (living in El Salvador I think?) his family did not have the money to acquire basic needs. They were living in poverty and did not have the food that they needed or the money to send him to school. One day, an American girl became his sponsor and wrote him letters. Because of what she did, he gained faith in Christ and got out of living in poverty and his family benefited from it as well!      So naturally, whe...