join me on this journey

If you've been following along with my blog the past few months, you know I'm returning to Haiti for the summer with Praying Pelican Mission. I encourage you to follow the link and learn more about Praying Pelican. It's an awesome organization that offers short-term mission trips for churches in North America. I can honestly say, it was a tool God used to wreck my life the summer of 2012 and directed me onto His path. The significance to the name 'Praying Pelican' is in times of scarce food, a mother pelican will peck her self until the point of death in order to feed her babies. Just as Christ sacrificed His life for the sake of our sins. 

This Friday, my journey will begin with a spring conference at Praying Pelican's headquarters in Minnesota. My friend, Caroline, is along for the same ride as myself. Thankfully, we have the same flights together which will make the airport not as terrible. We'll be meeting other PPM staff, hearing all that is planned for the summer, and just worshipping the gracious Lord that allows us to be apart of all this serving! Other than that, I'm not sure what to expect at this conference. But I can only imagine it'll be good. 

I cannot express how anxious I am to get the summer rolling and meet teams across North America in Haiti! At times I don't feel at all ready for any of this responsibility but I've heard once (on Pinterest) from Margaret Shepherd, "Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith". How true! How am I suppose to continue growing if I don't listen to the callings God gives me? How am I suppose to know more of who God is if I'm not putting myself out there to be His hands and feet? He is our refuge and our fortress therefore there is no reason not to follow His callings. 

Caroline and I will be at the airport bright and early Friday morning, ready to board a plane to Minnesota. That in itself should be an experience because I'm from Mississippi which is a warm place and I hear Minnesota has this weird, white, cold stuff. I think it's cold snow? I ask you to pray for us and for the Lord to direct us every step of the way!