My amazing dear friends and family.
Guess what crazy Ellie is doing next? Going to Melbourne, Australia for another Youth with a Mission School. Its called “Kerusso-Kingdom of God School. It’s a four-month long school that will roughly cost me about 4000 dollars, not including the plane ticket. But money is just a number right? I raised over 7,000 dollars in such a short time for my last YWAM adventure! But let me tell you about the school and why I feel God’s hand is directing me there.
While I was gone halfway across the world, God inspired me so much to just GO for it. Don’t hold back. Breathe and experience new life though HIM. New STRENGTH. Breaking my ankle and having six screws put in there was an obstacle, depending on metal crutches for 2 months was an obstacle, being constantly sick in Bangladesh and India was ANOTHER obstacle, having little money for food and traveling in India and Bangladesh was an obstacle, but did I over come it? HAH no. GOD overcame it. HE gave me strength every step of the way. He was my healer, my provider, my father, and my everything. Being taken away from everything that I find familiar in the States and being thrust in a whole new world was exciting, and scary.
I never knew God could place such LOVE in my heart for such a corrupt country! India and Bangladesh was far from the clean, safe, and comfortable Germany. But God opened up my heart to all of His treasures. He opened up my heart to the street kids, to the mother’s and father’s who couldn’t support there children, to the old beggar who sat in the trash all day because He couldn’t walk. God broke my heart for these people, but He filled it with HIS love.
Having all of that put into perspective over a seven month span of time, God just put a heart in my for missions. I have such a passion to show God’s TRUE GENUINE LOVE to all His people. I can’t stop until it is finished. And so now God is carrying me in His hands to Melbourne, Australia.
“Kerusso-Kingdom of God School” is all about spreading God’s KINGDOM. What is God’s Kingdom? I believe God’s Kingdom is the Kingdom of HEAVEN. The Kingdom that God has been preparing for US. In God’s Kingdom there are no tears, no death, and no pain. There is nothing separating us from the presence of God. We are in direct connection to Him. Sometimes we forget that Jesus, before He left, gave us a gift. And that’s the Holy Spirit!
The Holy Spirit is there for us to TALK TO. For us to FEEL and EXPERIENCE. He is not someone far off in heaven; no Jesus said we get to receive the Holy Spirit in our hearts. And that with the Holy Spirit, we are going to do GREATER things then Jesus did on earth! John 14:12 “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” TRUE THAT MAN! Jesus didn’t leave us helpless; He left us with gifts that we need to accept! What is the Holy Spirit to you? Is He your conscience? Is He your friend? Is He the person you talk to everyday, do you ask Him questions? Do you ask Him to fill you with incredible love? Have you opened your hands to the Holy Spirit, and said, “I want to receive all YOU have for me, I want to receive every gift you want to give to me.” Try it man, I’m sure you will be moved.
So yes, that’s not even a proper definition of what I will be experiencing at this school. I am so psyched, so ecstatic that GOD wants to take ME on this next adventure. Now don’t forget GOD has ADVENTURES for you too! Whether it’s in Virginia, The States, Europe, GOD has amazing and intricate plans for you! Time to open your hands, accept His gifts for you!
So please pray for me, pray for money, for strength, for vision, for guidance. That God will walk every step of the way with me.
Hope you have a radiant day!
-Eleanor
