What a great birthday present and even better answer to prayer - finding out that everything is finally approved to go to Ireland. I am tremendously grateful for God's faithfulness and promise to strengthen those that wait upon Him.
So now the date is set. I will be heading back to Chicago this coming weekend to spend some time with my family before I leave. Then Thursday, October 16, I leave for Northern Ireland. I am totally excited and cannot wait to go!!
As I make final preparations to head over to reunite with my friends in Northern Ireland, there are some prayer requests that I would love to share with you......
1. Fundraising. Now that I have the green light to go, I am trusting that the Lord will use many of you to provide me with the funds that I need in order to live in Northern Ireland. Pray that I would trust in God's provision and that everything will be provided to make this happen.
2. Dependence. Pray that I would be dependent upon the Lord as I go. The first couple weeks will be great fun as I reunite with people. As time goes, however, I will need to continue to rely on God as I adapt to the culture and flow of Northern Ireland.
3. Friends. As I leave to go to Northern Ireland to reunite with friends that I made over the same, I will also be leaving behind many friends at Bethlehem Baptist Church...especially all the high schoolers that I have built relationships with over the past 4 years. Pray that God would continue to make His presence known in each of their lives. I love them so much, and pray that God will continue to great things within each of their lives.
I thank you in advance for your prayers and support. God is using each of you to help make this trip happen, and I am very thankful. May we continue to remember that "The earth is the Lord's and everything in it!!"
Yearning for Christ,
Jason
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"My people will be satisfied by my goodness, declares the Lord." Jeremiah 31:14.
I thank God that He has satisfied you, Jason, and that He will continue to satisfy you. I would encourage you to hold on to the moments now where you feel His pleasure; seek after the favor of the Lord as you do His work and learn about yourself.
I read in Galations 4:18 "It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always and not just when I am with you."
Jason, it's gonna get hard and you know it. Hold fast to the zeal you have now that you know God is for you and will be with you so that your faith may carry into the times when you're not so sure of his presence.
In case you doubt, He will never leave you-and if He has said it, He will do it. That's a powerful promise...
So in case I don't see you before you go- have the time of your life loving the Lord and the people in Northern Ireland. I'm more than confident He'll do great things through and for you there even as you'll be mightily missed over here.
Thanks for the encouragement....it was a sad evening bidding farewell to everyone on Friday, but God is good like you said!!
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