Day 20!

So it is a nice cool morning here in Mazatlan, it's still in the 80's but it's nice. It is just a joy to be here right now, God is doing so many things, i wouldn't want to be anywhere else! It's a pretty great feeling knowing you are where you're supposed to be and that if you were anywhere else it wouldn't be right. So this last week, on Wednesday night our leaders revealed to us our two outreach locations that we will be going to in December. The two options are Mexico city, and south Africa. when i first heard the two options i didn't want to go to either place. Then i went to our balcony and as soon as i sat down i was leaning more towards mexico city, but then i knew i needed to weigh South Africa as an option equally. So i began weighing, and i was going back and forth about the pros and cons for both and i just became more frustrated the more i thought about it. I decided I needed to read the word because it speaks truth, i prayed first and then randomly started reading in Matthew 6&7, i was then feeling like God wanted me to go to South Africa but i wasn't sure yet, then i was listening to a song which confirmed it and so i wrote down the location and gave it to my leader and felt at peace about it. But shortly after that I started to doubt it and got discouraged, for the next two days God was giving me a bunch of small things to confirm that South Africa was the right place for me but i choose to not believe them. God was working on my heart right before dinner on Friday night and i told him that he needed to confirm it through an actual person that night. not more than ten minutes later we're praying for our dinner, holding hands and i feel this power that was almost electric with my friend Brooke and i think to my self, "I think Brooke is going to be the one to confirm this" and so we're waiting in line for dinner and she asks if i knew which outreach location i was doing without even me saying anything about it. We're talking and she is totally speaking truth into my life and she says "If God gave you peace about it when you brought it before him in prayer, then you need to trust him with it". God gave me the confirmation I asked for within minutes of me asking.

I know God is going to grow my faith through this immensely! especially financially, I still don't even have close to the amount i need for my lecture fees which are due in a month or i get sent home, and God wants me to go to the more expensive place for outreach! It's crazy but I have faith about it because this is God's will and not mine, and his will is going to be done. Please continue to pray for me! it is so important! Pray that fundraising opportunities would arise and that i wouldn't get discouraged when the dead lines are approaching and i don't have the money. Thank you guys so much! Love each and everyone of you!