A lot has happened in the past week. We did listening prayer at the beginning of the week to ask God what He has for the rest of the time that we're in New Zealand. He blew us away with how clearly He spoke to each and every one of us. He gave us visions and words and complete direction of where to go.  To make a long story short, we are on a two week journey to 4 different places in the north island. Our first stop is in a small town called Moerewa, a town that most people haven't heard of, and the people that have have told us that they would never choose to come here....

                    This past week God has been expanding my view of what it means to love with no conditions, specifically loving people without expecting anything in return. He convicted me the other night of how often I don’t choose to do this. He really opened my eyes to how often I hold back on loving others when I don’t feel loved by them first. I selfishly give love with conditions and this is not what I’m called to do.  I can hear Him calling me out of this and into a place where I am able to...

These last couple weeks have been completely life changing. I am in a beautiful country with amazing girls and God is rocking my world. I've been learning a lot about God and who I am in Him. The most prevalent thing I'm learning is that I am not in charge of life. I find myself planning even more now that I'm about to graduate from college. It is almost time for me to become a real adult. I find myself planning what this next phase of my life is going to look like. When in reality the plans He has for my life are greater than anything I could every imagine. I'm at a place...

The magnificence of it will take your breath away. But I’m not content with just standing on the shore. Just looking out into the sea. I have to go in. I feel the sand in between my toes, but I want to feel the ocean on my skin. I need to feel the waves crashing into me– to taste the salt water. So that’s what I did. I saw a rock in the middle of a crashing wave and I knew I had to stand on it. I ventured into the water and found the rock. I found my balance and climbed onto it. As I was looking at the vast ocean, surrounded by clouds, a giant wave came crashing over...

Tonight, as we were riding home, I was struck by the unintentional culture we live in… Bus rides. Trains. Subways. These transport us so many directions– north, south, east, west, but never inward. So many meaningless encounters with fellow strangers of this world. At least we make these encounters meaningless. And we allow these people to be strangers. We quench the divine orchestrations presented by our creator. Opportunities to acknowledge another's humanity. To learn a new name. To see a new face. To hear a new story. To discover a new heart. To meet a new...

                      "You are all together beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you"  Beauty, love and identity are three things that God has been reshaping and redefining in my life and heart the past couple weeks.  He spent the entirety of both leader and participant training camps speaking to me about my beauty to Him and opening my eyes to the infinite amount of ways that He pursues my heart perfectly.There have been times this past week that I have literally felt Him staring at...