I went into the mission field on the spur of the moment. I felt impressed to be a student missionary on a Tuesday, and was on the plane the next Wednesday. At that point I was too shocked at my decision to really be nervous about anything.
The first trial I was faced with was arriving in my classroom and having only one day to get everything in place for class the next day. However, yet again I was still in shock at what i was attempting to achieve. I was in accomplish the impossible mode. The first few weeks were incredibly stressful, but I had so many things to do I had no time to stop and think about how crazy things were. I just kept pushing through.
I had no idea that the most challenging trials were yet to come and would be silent, surfacing gradually. From the few days of training I recieved for student missions one of the lines that stuck in my head was from one of the principals. He said that Satan will try and discourage you anyway he can. At the time I heard this it made and impression on me. However, I had no idea how much this line play out in my time overseas. Issues have surfaced that I have struggled and still am struggling to conquer. I just have to continually remind myself to lay them at the feet of Jesus. I know this is why He led me out here. Back home I could deal and conquer most of my problems. However, out here in the mission field I am out of my comfort zone and there are very few problems I can conquer on my own strenght. Thus, each day I know to get through it I have to start on my knees.
The first trial I was faced with was arriving in my classroom and having only one day to get everything in place for class the next day. However, yet again I was still in shock at what i was attempting to achieve. I was in accomplish the impossible mode. The first few weeks were incredibly stressful, but I had so many things to do I had no time to stop and think about how crazy things were. I just kept pushing through.
I had no idea that the most challenging trials were yet to come and would be silent, surfacing gradually. From the few days of training I recieved for student missions one of the lines that stuck in my head was from one of the principals. He said that Satan will try and discourage you anyway he can. At the time I heard this it made and impression on me. However, I had no idea how much this line play out in my time overseas. Issues have surfaced that I have struggled and still am struggling to conquer. I just have to continually remind myself to lay them at the feet of Jesus. I know this is why He led me out here. Back home I could deal and conquer most of my problems. However, out here in the mission field I am out of my comfort zone and there are very few problems I can conquer on my own strenght. Thus, each day I know to get through it I have to start on my knees.
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You're doing good work Rhonda. Stay in the fight!
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