MEXICO!!!

hey people,

well, yet again- hectic week! but i loved it. i've been getting ready to leave for mexico!!!(i'm leaving in three hours)

there were a few frustrations with getting ready to leave. the devil was really attacking me- trying to make me sick, trying to make me get stressed out, giving me trouble at the dmv, suceeding to make me lose my patience, etc. but God pulled me through and made everything come together. i'm really soooooo excited about going to mexico! i know that God has huge things in store for us. our team is an awesome group of people- and we have incredible leaders coming. i've been praying that God will give us unity and keep us from arguing with each other, that He will give us courage to stand up for Him, that He will speak to us while we're there, that He will protect us from unsafety or sickness, that He will protect us from any attack that satan may throw at us, that He will use us to change the lives of everyone that we come in contact with, and that He will help us to live pure and blameless lives before Him so that He can use us as leaders and that we prove worthy to be called "Christ's ambassadors". (read 1 or 2 ? timothy and titus- they talk about being a leader)

i know that God has incredible things to do through us. i just pray that we prove trustworthy of the tasks He wants to give us.

God seriously spoke to me about living blamelessly in order to become a leader. you know- i can't expect to lead if i can't control what i say when i'm aggrevated, or if i can't stop doing whatever it is that i know i shouldn't. and it's hard. i know i can't expect to just become perfect overnight, but i know that i have to become very serious about overcoming my flaws.

i'm so excited about what God is doing, has done, and is going to do. i'm just excited about God! He is so much more that i can imagine- and i'm learning more everyday. i'm so glad that He is in control.

i've really grown so much closer to God this summer. and i've learned so much. i really do believe that this has been my BEST summer yet! and it's not gonna stop if i continue to seek God.

through doing equip class, working stream line hours at the annex, going on serve team outreaches, going to early moring prayer, refuge, summer camp, and now mexico, through being surrounded by my friends who are seeking God alongside me, and through being surrounded by amazing leaders who are investing so much into my life, and through the blessing of being able to learn from and trust what my parents are teaching me- i've gotten such a bigger outlook on life and such a bigger vision of what God is and what He can do. i can't contain it any more!!!!!!! i'm so on fire- so ready!

God, use me.

umm, so yeah...

i want to ask everyone to be praying for our team as we go to mexico. thank you so much.

-tori