Summer has been going great. It's always a little more low key in some ways which is nice but makes it harder to update you. We do more planning and administrative type stuff over the summer and less relational ministry work so to speak. Somehow I doubt you'll find brochure writing, class planning, and various other things I've been working on very thrilling :). Necessary, allows us to do the relational stuff we do so much of throughout the year, but yeah, not so thrilling.
One thing that is thrilling though is that, Summer, the girl I've been studying Focus on Jesus with, wants to be baptized! We finished our study a few weeks ago and have just been talking about the decision to follow Jesus since and working through her road blocks, but she has finally made the decision. When I asked her why she came to that decision she said something to the effect of, "I just know I'm never going to not follow God. I'm never going to decide not to do that. I've lived the other way for 20 years and I see where that got me and now after only just trying to get to know God over the last 3 months I see what He's done in my life." She said more but that was the part that stuck out in my mind. When I came into her life 3 months ago, she had just tried to end it. She was depressed and hopeless; Satan had been having his way with her for 20 long years.
God called me into her life right after her suicide attempt. I felt prompted to text her during our Thursday Night Fellowship and ask her if she would let me study the bible with her. She said she would, and her journey with Jesus began. God has transformed her life. He has brought her joy and hope.
I feel so blessed to get to be an agent of God in this world. I didn't change her, God did. I don't have special words or wisdom (aside from what God gives me). I've done that same study with tons of other girls who turned around and chose another route. God broke into her life and fixed the brokenness that Satan had done, He set her on a different course, one that brings hope to her life and her future family, and they're family and so on. Generations are now changed because of her making the decision Joshua made long ago, "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." Amen to that.
I am so blessed that God allowed me to be a part of that process. So so cool. There's nothing greater on earth. If you don't feel like you've ever been an "agent of God" in someone's life, ask God that He would point you to someone who you can be that for. Also, if you feel like you have or if someone has for you, I'd love to hear your story in the comments section.
PS- I'll post a picture of her baptism once we do it. I think it'll be this Thursday!
Much love and thanks!
Brianna
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