Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

I hope that each and everyone of you have had a wonderful Christmas season.  The fact that it is over already makes my head spin.  Time is flying!  2011 is coming to a rapid end and we are speedily approaching 2012.

Thank you to all of you who sent me or my family Christmas cards.  Reading those and looking at the pictures of families I know and love was especially fun for me this year.  It became an exciting part of the season!

I got to come "home for the holidays" for the first time ever.  Up to this point, I have always just been here.  Getting to travel was exciting and made this whole time with my family special.  We had an amazing Christmas, we celebrated with our West Virginian family last weekend and celebrated here at home last night and all day today.  I was excited to get to spend the day also with family friends (really just an extension of my family).  We had such a delicious dinner.  I love the food that I got the blessing of eating all day!  More good news: my family did such a great job with my presents! (I love how well they know me).  

My prayer for you was that you too had a great time celebrating, what ever that may have looked like for you, I hope it was very special!  Here is a quick little video I made for ya'll before we did our celebrating today.  Happy Birthday Jesus!

One Semester Down

I am so happy to be writing this post from my living room.  I am Home for Christmas, and am so proud to have successfully completed my first semester of college.  Due to Dual Enrollment credit however, this was a semester of my Sophomore year.

I have learned so much over the last 5 months.  I have grown as a person and am operating in a whole new level of independence.  I have so many new friends that I never could have imagined when I left for Lee University 5 months ago.  It is crazy how fast this semester has gone by.  I look back amazed at how many assignments I completed in this short time and am thankful at how successful I was in doing those.

I have an amazing church in Cleveland that I am so honored to be a part of and I am so excited about what God is doing in my city.  It is incredible to be able to surround myself with like-minded people, who have similar goals and dreams.  This community atmosphere alone has been a great cause of growth in me.

I am so thankful for the support I have received from home throughout this time.  It is definitely hard to be away from home at times, but I can see great benefits in it.  I know Cleveland, and Lee University is where I am supposed to be and so excited to have the opportunity to be there.  I am looking forward to next semester and all of the adventures it will hold.

For now, I am relaxing at home.  It is so amazing to be at home, in my bed, in my house, eating real food and being able to make my own schedule, and not have to plot time to write papers, outline or go to class.  I am so glad to have Facebook and other methods of keeping in touch with all of my friends I've met this semester, because we have become such a family that I miss them already.

Thanks for keeping posted on my life this semester!  I look forward to continuing to update you, as I Learn to Lean!

Support Letter

Hey Guys!

I have been busy working on writing this support letter and getting it sent out for the last couple of days.  I thought maybe uploading it to here would be a good way to get it out to a large scale audience.  I've been learning to lean on Him for provision, which is sometimes a stretch of faith.  I was reminded of the verse that says we have not because we ask not, so I thought it would be wise to let everyone know of this need that I have.  I have removed my address because this blog is open to the public to view.  If you are interested in sowing in to the trip, you can send the donation to my family's church (address listed) or contact me for my address!
Thank you guys so much!

Dear Friend,

                I do not even know where to begin.  My life has so dramatically changed since I have last had the opportunity of corresponding with you.  I have finished my first semester at Lee University and am blown away by all that God is doing here in Cleveland, Tennessee.  I know that I am exactly where I am supposed to be.  It is so great to be surrounded by so many like minded people, whether friends on campus or friends at my church here.  God has brought new, amazing, anointed friends that I never could have dreamed of before coming to Cleveland.  There is so much to share, even just about this first semester, that time fails me to share it all.

                I wanted to share some news with you that I am absolutely thrilled about.  I thought that this was going to be a year that I would stay here in America, working to adjust to college; but Jesus has different plans!  He has opened up a door through Lee University for me to go, along with 15 other students, to Haiti!  This is a nation I have wanted to go to for years and has been on my heart for some time.  Having the chance to go to Haiti excites me so much!  While we are in Haiti, we are going to be working with kids!  The ministry in Haiti has taken the children we will be working with out of the sex slave trade.   We will be working with these kids to teach them computer skills so that they can create a future for themselves and get a job so that they do not go back to the lifestyle they have been forced into in the past.  I am so excited to be able to teach these kids the skills they need while being able to show them the love of Jesus at the same time!

                The news continues with the announcement of my return to India!  I am incredibly excited to be going to India for my Spring Break.  My contacts there have invited me to come and be a speaker at their Bible College graduation.  Having already accepted the offer to go to Haiti, agreeing to this second trip has been a stretch of faith, but I believe it is a door Jesus has opened, and believe I am supposed to be there.  I am so humbled to have a personal invitation to return to India and be a part of sending these amazing men and women out to reach India for Jesus!  The ministry is following the Biblical model: bringing people in, raising them up and equipping them, and sending them out.  It is my joy to partner with them in this process.

                Awesome opportunities like these are quite financially demanding.  Due to the fact that I am coordinating the trip to India on my own, without a group’s help, the total cost is uncertain.  I know that Haiti alone is $3562.  With the costs that have already been incurred for the India trip, it is safe to say that I will easily need $6000.  The deadline for the Haiti finances is February 15, 2012.  As I will be leaving March 3, 2012 for India, India money is also needed as soon as possible, as I need to book plane tickets in early January.  I am sorry for such short notice, but I had to apply for an India Visa, which was not guaranteed.  If I was not granted the Visa, I would not have been able to go on that trip, and did not want to announce it to you until it was certainly going to happen.  I know that $6000 is a huge amount, but I serve a huge God!  I know that I am supposed to go on each of these trips, I have prayed extensively about each one and spiritual leaders in my life have agreed.  I believe each trip is going to be influential to my life and I cannot wait to see the impact that it has on all those I will come into contact with in each country.

                Will you please pray about supporting me?  I again remind you that you are connected with every life touched through these trips when you sow into them.  God has promised in His word that whatever you give will be given back to you, pressed down, shaken together and running over (Luke 6:38).  There are multiple ways for you to give.  If you are interested in getting a form for tax purposes, you can send your donation to my family’s church:

Daystar Worship Center

PO Box 344

Gordonsville, VA 22942

Put my name on the memo line of the check and the awesome lady who does our books will make sure I get the money. 

If you would like to send your donation directly to me, you can send it to my home address:

(contact me for this address)

                I am seriously so thankful to have you in my life.  Your previous support means more to me than you know.  I consider it a great honor that you trust me enough to support my trips and visions.  You guys are on my mind often and I honestly pray for you, and celebrate you with thanksgiving!  I want to be able to keep in contact with you!  I have an email that I check often (im4hispraz@gmail.com), a Facebook account, and a blog (www.jeremyvestal.blogspot.com) [obviously you have the blog address--since you're reading this post :) ].  All of these are tools I use to try and keep anyone who is interested updated about what is going on in my life.  I will also continue to send you, my partners in extending the Gospel, letters keeping you posted on the status of each trip.

Thank you for sowing into what God is doing!

You mean so much to me and I am praying for you,

Jeremy

Birthday Reflections

Hey Guys!!

My apologies for it being so long since my last post.  The semester has gotten crazy.  My parents came and visited me 2 weekends ago and then I came home this past weekend.  Throughout that time I have been sick, with what turns out to be Bronchitis.  Anyway, all of that has combined to cause a delay in a new blog post.

Yesterday was my Birthday.  I love birthdays.  They are like a person's special holiday; a day all about them and celebrating their life.  This being said, it was so exciting to me that I was able to work out my Thanksgiving Break trip home to begin last Saturday so that I could be here for my Birthday.

The day began (leading up through midnight) with a viewing of the episode of I Love Lucy in which Lucy has a birthday.  You may remember the "Friends of the Friendless" or that this is the episode that Ricky gives Lucy the theme song of the show as a present; the only time lyrics accompany that joyful melody.

Anyway, the rest of the day was packed spending time with friends and family.  We went to Outback Monday night with a group of 13 people.  My email was constantly receiving notifications from Facebook filled with Birthday wishes from friends.  I got texts and calls all day.  I really began to think about the awesome people that I have in my life.  I am so blessed.  If you are reading this blog, you are one of those people!  You have no idea how happy and honored I am that you are a part of my life.

This has been an amazing year, full of growth inside of me.  It's crazy that I have completed my first year of adulthood and am now 19 years old.  Time is flying.  I am so excited for what this year has in store and so glad you are a part of it!

Thank you for making this birthday so happy!

Something Bigger Than Self

Life has been crazy. A good crazy though! Tons of school work, which is a bummer, but tons of Kingdom stuff too, which is glorious!

As I was reading in my history book the other day, I was reading about the conquest led by Alexander the Great.  So many people lost their lives fighting in those wars, yet, they remain nameless and faceless today.  They get mentioned in passing, as the focus in history books are on their great leader: Alexander.  They gave their lives for something bigger than themselves, they gave their lives to build an empire.

I want that kind of mentality.  I want to give my life to something bigger than myself.  I want to be a part of advancing the Kingdom that makes my Leader famous in the Earth, not me.  I want to be a part of the army that Joel saw, an army that will carry Jesus further into the darkness of the Earth than anyone has ever taken Him.  We may lay our lives down to see Jesus come to countries closed to the Gospel, or unreached people groups, but at the end of  our days, we will know that we have made a bigger difference together than we ever could have on our own.

I am so excited about the people God is linking me with.  I have an amazing group of college people at my church here, and we are living this thing out daily.  Believing Jesus will do what He said He will do.  We are done chasing revivals, but believe we can pray until one breaks out here.  This move isn't far off, but is beginning right now.  It's bigger than we can imagine, and I am overwhelmed with expectation.  It's awesome to know these friends are going to be people I get to run with for life.

Join yourself with a cause bigger than yourself!  Join yourself with people who have the same focus and purpose on their lives as you do.  You will learn how to lean with a whole new intensity.

Fall Break

Happy Fall!

I have been home since Wednesday night and have had an awesome couple days of family time.  It's so nice to get to be in my house, in my bed, in my room, with my parents, brother and yes, my dog!  I've gotten to see some friends and just generally enjoyed Virginia.  I was excited to get to go fourwheeling; it's a way of escape for me, a way to get away and think..or not. The land I get to fourwheel on is stunningly beautiful and I love to be there.

Virginia is ahead of Tennessee in leaf color changing--it looks a lot more like Fall here than it does in Cleveland, but we are catching up.  It also gets darker in Virginia earlier.  I hope you are taking advantage of the season change around you (wherever that may be) .

Wednesday I drove in the rain the whole way.  At one point in the drive, there were 3 distinct shades of clouds ahead of me, and then one random patch of sun (that I never did get to drive through).  Anyway, the phrase "Position yourself" came to mind.  I feel that there is something happening in this season that we must position ourselves for--maybe that means physically, maybe it means spiritually.  Whatever it means I am excited for it and positioning myself.  I want to be right in the middle of what's happening.  I don't want to be off in some random dry place, or anywhere but in the center of the move of God that is occurring.

I thought about doing a video blog overlooking a pond that I fourwheel by.  It's such an awesome view and it makes me want a pond on the land I own one day.  But--I look kinda rough when fourwheeling: wind blown hair, and in the fall: multiple jackets and warm pants (and I typically don't match).  So, I figured it'd be better to just share a picture with you.  Seriously, enjoy what is going on around you.  Enjoy this moment you have been given.  Enjoy the beauty of nature around you.  Learn to lean on the Creator, and find yourself right in the middle of what He's doing in the Earth!

(I added 2 more pictures from my fourwheeling adventures. hope you enjoyed them!)

Remembering

One thing that has really been on my mind recently is remembering what the Lord has done.  Remember where He brought you from.  I can look back on my life and see the difference He has made.  I remember the pit of sin I was in, that He reached down and pulled me out of.  Do you remember when He made a way when there seemed to be no way?  So many times I forget.  I get so caught up in the here and now, or the future, that I forget about what He has already done.  How many times have we prayed for something and forgotten to thank Him, forgotten to remember what He has done for us.

I think this same principle applies for regions and churches.  Lee University is rich with the Church of God heritage.  I am not one to promote denomenationalism AT ALL.  But, when looking through history, God has come through the Church of God in mighty revivals.  We must remember that heritage.  Do not get consumed with what He has done in the past; but Revelation 19:10 tells us that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.  What He has done before, He can and will do again.  We are told in Haggai 2:9 that the glory of the latter house will be greater than the former.  Don't put God in a box of what He has done in the past; look to the past as a launching pad for what He is going to do now and in the future.

He is about to do awesome things!  I believe revival, awakening, like we have never seen before is about to be poured out.  Lean on the heritage of your walk with Jesus, pull on what He has done in your past, use it as prophecy that He will do it again.  From this position, run with Him into what He is doing in the Earth!

Trip Announcement!

Hey Guys!

Sorry it has been a while since I last posted.  I went to West Virginia last weekend to see my family.  I made an awesome video blog and spent tons of time editing and splicing it together.  I was so excited to post it, only to find that after hours of trying, the server rejected it (multiple times, multiple days).

Anyway--I am so excited to tell you that I have the opportunity to go to Haiti in May!  I have wanted to go to Haiti for years and am blown away at this open door.  16 students from Lee University are going to be going to Haiti from May 7-16.  While there we will be working with the Church of God headquarters compound in Port-au-Prince and then going to Port Salut.  While in Port Salut we will be working with kids the ministry has taken out of the slave trade.  Words cannot express the excitement I have over this.  I am not naive as to believe this will be easy, but my heart burns for kids like this.  We will be teaching them to use computers, so they can have job opportunities open, and make better lives for themselves, breaking away from the life they have known.

As you guys take the time to read these blogs I wanted ya'll to be the first to know!  The details are still coming and the dates and price of the trip can change slightly.  I will have enough information to put together support/partner letters in a few weeks.  Please be praying about the amount you could sow into this trip; into my life and into the children of Haiti.  More information is to come.  I will certainly keep you posted!

Big Pal Little Pal Update and Some Embarrassing Moments...

An Update

Hey!

Sorry that it has been a little while since I posted.  I have thought about it many times, but I have been so busy!

First of all, since I last posted, Damon Thomspon and Mrs. Karen (Senior leaders from The Ramp) where in Chattanooga, which is about 30 minutes from here; needless to say, I went to experience Jesus with them.  It was so exciting!  In the Wednesday night service, upwards of 100 people got saved! Yes, here in the Bible Belt of America, we are seeing the outbreak of Awakening!  It was prophesied that Chattanooga is a North Gate; so to all you living north of Chattanooga--get ready!  Revival is coming!  After people came pouring to the altar, there was a water baptism, some 200 people got baptized.  People got healed, delivered and encouraged.  It was glorious.

Then, this weekend, here in Cleveland, we had a conference put on by a house of prayer.  Corey Russell from the International House of Prayer in Kansas City came and shared powerful words!  I strongly encourage you to go to this link and download them--for free! http://prayingculture.com/free.html (copy and paste this into the search bar..sorry I don't know how to make it possible to just click that and it take you there.)
It was such a surprise to see that the other speaker for the conference was one of the leaders from the Fredericksburg Prayer Furnace and it was so awesome to get to see him.  It was an awesome time of equipping and preparation for what is coming.

Then, there has been school work.  And I mean tons of it.  Reading, outlining, research papers, other papers, projects, quizzes, exams, and class.  I am continuing to try and keep up with all of that, remembering that in the midst of having so many things to do (outside of school) I am here as a student, and that's what I am to be doing with excellence right now.  So to all the students reading this--do your work with excellence! As unto the Lord.

Well, I think that's the highlights of my last couple weeks.  As always..thank you for taking the time to follow me and keep in touch!

It's Only a Test

At the church I have been going to here in Cleveland, Dwelling Place Church International, Pastor Judy (Jacobs) shared a powerful word last Sunday morning.  All the words have been powerful there, but this one was totally a rhema word in my life; you know the kind when it applied directly to the situation you are in?

The title of it was “It’s only a test”.  It has been on my mind and I want to share some of it and add some of my own thoughts to it for you.

There are seasons of testing.  1 Peter 1:6-7 gives us the correct outlook to take on tests.  Rejoice in them!  They aren’t to be mean to us, they are to prove our faith.  That proof is more precious than gold. Testing will come, period.  What is going to be your testimony in the test?  Are you going to get bitter towards God?  Or are you going to stand, like Job and still say, “Blessed be the name of the Lord!”?

The good news is that this test isn’t going to last forever.  Seasons end!   When will the season end?  When you have learned the lesson.  Abraham’s test of obedience wasn’t ended until he drew the knife up, ready to plunge it into Isaac.  God knows our heart, no matter what our lips are saying; He knows if our heart is aligning with that.  Heart obedience is what He is after; He isn’t impressed with fancy words that make us sound surrendered.

Don’t get discouraged, it’s only a test!  You will make it through.  You see, greater is He in you, than He that’s in the world.  God will not test you beyond what you are able to bear—and He is faithful to be there with you every step of the way.  Stand firm!  This isn’t going to last forever.  When Satan runs out of amo, you are still going to be standing!  We win.

Stop looking back.  I have been hearing from multiple leaders that this is a new season, we as the Church are entering a new season.  So get ready! This can be the season of your deliverance, the season of a passed test!  If you will focus.  Tests take study.  Tests take effort.  Tests take focus.  But we have the answers!  Hold on to Jesus, lift your eyes to the Hill where your help comes from!  Give yourself to Him.  Put the trial in His hand and don’t look back.  Don’t take the temptation back—leave it at the Cross.

So I just want to encourage you, stand firm!  Don’t back down.  Maybe this test has been a long one.  Don’t give in!  Don’t look at it like it’s going to last forever, take the mindset that it’s only a test!  It’s going to end.  It’s not going to kill you.  In fact, I know that if you will lean on Jesus, you are going to pass this test!

Video Blog Update: Welcome!

Be Prepared for this Season

Hello everyone!! I am currently waterlogged from the effects of Tropical Storm Lee (Oh, the irony..right?)  Anyway, campus is basically underwater.  The streets here don't really drain, they just collect water which turns into huge unfortunate lakes in front of buildings that you have to go through because they are too big to go around.  In Virginia, I could pretty much where tennis shoes and stay out of puddles. Not so here.  I can wear jeans and not think twice about it in the rain; not so here.  I poured water out of my shoes, rang water out of my socks, had jeans on that soaked all the way through, my north face backpack and jacket leaked in the downpour and water was standing on the inside of my backpack (yes, papers and books all recieved water damage).  Everyone is quite shocked and drenched, so at least I wasn't the only one taken off guard.

As I was walking back (really almost swimming back) to my dorm, I made the statement, "I just wasn't prepared for this".  I had been told it would rain, but I really wasn't intending for it to rain like it did today.  I dressed for a Virginian rain day, which is totally different than a rain day here.  There is a lesson in this.

You are in a season right now and every season is different.  If I go out prepared for summer in the winter, I am going to be miserable.  So, prepare adaquately for the season you find yourself in.  Maybe it's a season of prayer, maybe a season of rest, maybe a season of going, maybe a season of new beginning.  Whatever the season is, prepare for it!  You cannot be effective in a season you aren't prepared for.

Even if I prepare for the right season, say the rainy season, but prepare for the wrong region, I'm still unprepared.  Maybe I have a friend in Virginia who tells me how to prepare for rain.  That does not help me at all here in Tennessee. The rainy/monsoon season in India looks drastically different from the showers we have in America.  Where you are matters!  Prepare for your region.  You will be out of place if you prepare for the wrong region.  Maybe you don't want to be where you are, maybe you would rather be close to the House of Prayer in Kansas City, or The Ramp in Alabama; but you aren't.  If you prepare for their region, you aren't going to be effective in your region.

So, stay dry! and prepare yourself for the season and the region you find yourself in today!

Never Grow Up

The idea for this blog has been a long time coming.  It's a concept I have been thinking about a lot lately, with all the change and growing up that I have found myself in the middle of.  I am connected to the internet currently (which trust me, on this campus the last couple weeks is basically a miracle); so I am going to share it with you.  Thanks for taking the time to read it!

So the actual decision to blog about never growing up came to me this weekend while at WalMart.  Some of the guys from my floor (here in O'bannon we call it a "cluster") made a WalMart run Saturday, it's a source of entertainment for us college kids, it seems no one passes up the chance to go to WalMart.  Well, when we got there I may have been slightly hyper, so I got into a buggy and had a friend push me around the store.  It was a sight..let me just tell you those buggies may look big, but they are a tight fit for legs like mine. Well after the occasional almost flipping, almost hitting other shopping carts and quick jerks, I realized how much faith it takes to ride in one of those contraptions.  I began to pray about this and press into what the Lord wanted to show me.  I had yielded my safety to Fernando, if he had wanted to flip me, or send me speeding through the store out of control, he absolutely could have, and I couldn't have stopped him. Thank the Lord I have good friends who don't do things like that and I escaped unhurt!

What does that story have to do with anything?  Well, kids are absolutely trusting.  They have to be.  They have to look to adults for food and provision.  It may seem like they have an easy life, but really, think about how little they can do without help.  Think about how hard it would be for us, who are "grown up" to be so dependent on someone else.

Yet, from an early age, kids can be found wanting nothing more than to grow up.  They spend shopping sprees begging to be let out of the buggy.  They can't wait to go to school.  They look forward to being a teenager, driving, going to college.  The idea of independence is exciting and something they wish their lives away for.  That's so sad.  Once you get grown up and realize all the responsibility that comes with it, you long for the days of carefree childhood again.  Even things like naptime.  I hated naps as a kid.  When they were mandatory I begged and pleaded to get out of them (to no avail I might add).  Now, I wish someone would make me go take a nap.  I love getting a few minutes to lay down and nap (which hasn't happened as often as I'd like here recently).

Odds are, if you are reading this, you are no longer a child.  What does this have to do with you?  Matthew 18:3, "Assuredly I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven" (NKJ).  That's right, in our spiritual walk we are supposed to be like children.  What does that mean?  Totally yielded.  Looking to Jesus for everything.  Kids are not concerned with the weighty matters of theology--they love Jesus and they believe what they are told about Him.  Why do we question His power, His love, even His existence?  Do we think we are too good for Him, or too gorwn up for the idea of Christianity?  That may be the problem, we have lost something called childlike faith along the way.  Is learning good?  Yes.  Is it to replace faith and joy and trust and the excitment that kids have toward Jesus?  Absolutely not.

I am learning that I do not have things figured out.  The good news is: that's ok!  We do not have to.  Kids have dreams about what they will do in the future, but they do not know.  Their dreams are huge, they believe they can do anything, they may not have the 10 step plan to achieve their goal, but they have high goals!  Live for today.  Be like a child who stands on their dad's feet, he walks, and the kid goes whereever the dad goes.  The kids aren't planning or dictating where the trip takes them, they are just along for the ride.  They are content and enjoying themselves just being in their father's presence.  Dads also enjoy this time, just as God enjoys us being with Him.  Don't get too busy with your grown up schedule to just have fun with Jesus!  Don't get too caught up in the stresses of making your dreams come into being.  Just follow Jesus, step on His feet, and enjoy the ride!

Today, don't think you are oh so mature in Jesus.  Just have fun with Him!  Too often as we grow up we lose that child like passion.  Well, His words are true, if they weren't He would not have said them. 

Let's become like kids again!  Let's take Him at His word; let's never grow up from that faith.

Learning to Lean

Well, there is so much going on in my life, as the chapter of college begins.  I was thinking of my desire to keep everyone informed about what was going on with me and what I was doing and what I was thinking; so the idea of blogging came to me.  Bear with me as I figure out how to do this.

The first thing I think I should cover is, "Why Lee?"  I have heard that question countless times over the past few weeks and months.  It's a good question.  I asked it myself.  I honestly believe God has sent me here.  I am not saying that religiously or to hide secret motives.  I would not come up with the idea of moving 7 hours away from the only home I have ever known on my own.  So, I asked God, "Why Lee?  Why do I have to go so far away?"  He was so awesome to answer me and He said,

"You will come out of the wilderness leaning on Me."

What a promise!  So many times in life, we develop crutches- things we lean on to make it through life.  All too often these crutches are things other than Jesus.  In order to bring me to the place I need to be, I had to be removed from all of my crutches.  All of my friends, my family, my home, everything I have ever known.  Honestly, it has been hard.

Through it all, Jesus has been right here with me.  I love that He is Faithful.  I love that in the midst of a wilderness, in the midst of a new place, in the midst of change, He is here.  He brings peace.  He brings people along side you to run with you!

Maybe you are in a wilderness.  I'm not talking about a wilderness as in an isolated area in the middle of nowhere.  Maybe your wilderness is spiritual.  Maybe your wilderness is simply a dramatic change you find yourself in the middle of.  Whatever your wilderness, I know that Jesus is there.  I know that this wilderness is not to kill you.  It's not to leave you alone, it's not to pick on you or be mean to you, it's not because God doesn't like you, it's to teach you to lean on your Beloved.  He is so much better than the crutches we adapt.

So, in this season, I am learning to trust Jesus fully.  I must trust Him for friends, I must trust Him to help me settle, I must trust Him to be everything that He has promised to be.  I know that I can set my eyes on Him, I know that I can find Him in any wilderness, in any trying experience- because He is with me.  He is with you where ever you are; whether it's at a new college starting a new chapter in life, or whether it's in the same town you have lived in for years.  There is a valuable lesson for you to learn while you are there.  Don't waste today complaining about your situation, your circumstance, or your location; lean on your Beloved!

Why am I at Lee?  To learn to lean on my Beloved like never before!