God speaks

So I promised I would tell you more about our prayer time the other day, so here goes! :) We prayed about a variety of things such as asking God what he wants for us personally, and for the group and then we also prayed about which 3 things we want our track to focus on. The track that went last year wished they had figured out a focus earlier on because now they are in Kona trying to assemble all their experiences and stories and photos without a clear focus. We all split us and prayed about it and listened to see what the Lord had to say. When we all came back we shared what things were put on our hearts, and we expected to all have different answers and passions and what not but it was the opposite! everyone had the same three answers! some people said street kids/orphans.. a few said homelessness and the root of that issue and others said restoring worth into women/working with sex trafficking. But everyone that shared, shared 1 or 2 of those same issues! When I was praying three words popped into my head. First was loneliness (which I believe links to homelessness) second was beauty and worth (which links to the women/sex trafficking) and the third was silence, and I saw this picture of a kid in the street all alone and I just got this burden for people who through circumstance have become silent, they have been pushed aside and no one has given the time to listen (and I think that relates to the street kids/orphans) So yeah it was awesome to come back together and see how the things I received when praying linked up with what everyone else prayed for and what not. This got us really excited just to see the direction God is leading us.. we are still trying to find some sort of ministry to get involved with that we can go back to every week. The way the track is run is because you have schooling and courses the ministry part is sort of left up to you to find and pursue, so I definitely want to try and get plugged in some where. Whats cool about all the traveling we will be doing as well though is you really learn what "every day" ministry looks like. Because we will be busy studying and not always have time to go out and work in the slums ect you have to rely on finding those small day to day things to serve people with. You learn to really live out what it means to be like Jesus and walk in love and humility and with a serving heart no matter where you go and what you come in contact with. All that being said haha I am really excited for what is ahead for our group :)