Open Eyes

1 Corinthians 12: 4-7
So many things have happened in my life since I have last wrote you. I am now in Thessaloniki and have been here since Tuesday. I would have updated you earlier but we are at a camp up in the mountains with no wireless connection.
As I left Athens I was not sure about my time here. I was worried due to the fact that the first of the two camps I will be working here is a drama and arts camp. Anyone who knows me can tell you that is not my area of knowledge. I came with the idea that I would have to just some how make it through the first one so I could get to the second one; which is a sports camp.
As I was going through my week leading up to traveling to Thessaloniki God opened my heart. He showed me that He is ready to use me in all areas. He does not want me to be so narrow minded. He would like for me to open up to new ideas and new types of people. This was and still is hard for me to grasp and to understand knowing that He wants to use me in an area that I really know nothing about; but the beauty is God knows about all things. He is ready to teach me. He is ready to open my eyes and heart to something more than just sports. Can you believe that; there is something more than sports? I am breaking into a realm of life I never imagined stepping foot in. God is bigger than the world of sports and He can join people’s hearts in more creative ways.
I have learned by putting myself in a box I have also put Jesus in a box. I see now that God can and will use me in every aspect of my life only if I allow Him too. I need to learn more attributes that God holds dear to His heart.
Before I even left the states God began to show me what true patients is really about. He was showing me how to be patient more than with just people but also with my spiritual life. Now I feel that God is ready to show me more than that. He is teaching me how to have true passion for Him. I am right on the edge of this idea and do not completely know what it will look like or how I will even go about it. I just know that God is ready to do more with me than I could ever imagine. He is ready to show me a glimpse of His light; a part of His light that I have never seen before. He has been wanting my to see it for a long time now but I have closed myself off to the idea of it.
I realized this morning when we were getting ready for breakfast just how far away from home I really was. I was just sitting on the steps listening to the kids talk and I had no idea what they were saying or what they were talking about. For a brief moment I felt alone and homesick. I felt like God had brought me to a place were I would not be able to minister. Then God took my heart and allowed me to see that He was there for me and that He has me here for a reason. I may not know this reason but in His time He will begin to reveal it to me. All I know is that God is ready and I am overwhelmed with all He has for me.
God allowed me to see His love and compassion today. I was playing soccer with the boys today and I made my first goal. I was so excited; but then later in the game I made my second goal and all the boys were yelling that is two. It gave me such joy, but what was more exciting and more heartbreaking was after my second goal one of the little boys, Alex, ran up and gave me a big hug. I can not even begin to explain how it made me feel. I just love the Lord.
I want to thank everyone who is out there praying for me and supporting me in my ministry here in Greece. God has blessed me in so many ways and I want you to know that He is blessing you each time He blesses me. Each day with each heart touched and each life changed you are being blessed. Thank you.