Globally Minded?

Well, this week I WAS a bad girl and skipped beginnings... but I do have a little bit to say about Global Vision :) See as an MK it's pretty hard not to be globally minded, after all, I was BORN in another country... For me it's weird that people need to be taught this stuff at this age... I don't know, I think that's an MK's biggest struggle... Not to be judgemental of those who have grown up differently from us... For me, my whole life has been ab out global mindedness... My parents were in Africa before I was born, and I know they will be out there doing the work of the Kingdom for a long time... I don't think that anyone can be truly happy in one place after they have had a truly global experience. For me, it doesn't cut it to be with people who have my same culture all the time. I need to be with those who speak different languages, who eat different foods, who wear different clothes, who experience different hardships, and who worship God in different ways. The thing I love most about the global community is worship... There is nothing quite like worshipping God in a language that you barely understand, or don't understand at all, but somehow knowing that you are worshipping God nonetheless... Contentment is found in this...

I don't think this week had a huge impact on me, because I was not unaware of missions and everything, yet I did enjoy seeing others get into it. One of my friends has decided that she wants to go somewhere in the world, she doesn't know where, but she's waiting for God to lead her. Seeing her face when we walked out of chapel and she looked at me and said "I want to go!" that was a special moment. The world is constantly on my heart. The hurting yes, but also just the culture and what we can learn from it. As my friends go out into the world I know that they will gain much more than they give, and this gives me great joy. In my own life, I have felt a strong call to service. I would love for that to be overseas, even back in Cameroun. But I do not know where God is leading me. For now it is enough to take one day at a time knowing that God's word is being spread throughout the worldand that He will show me where to go!

LOVE THE WORLD!!!!!!