God's plan cannot be thwarted...

What an incredible week so far... Lee has been our blogging master- we've had lots of long days & late nights but he has been so good about keeping everyone back at home informed. We are truly grateful because we have needed LOTS of prayers this week. This is my first time in Cambodia & while having no idea what to expect I never imagined it would have looked like this. God sure knew though! He began preparing our hearts on Sunday in church where Pastor Vek preached about spiritual warfare. He mentioned it might not be happening in this moment but it's always just a matter of time Before we are in midst of it. He encouraged the church when they are preparing for it to gather in prayer. This is something our team started doing right from the beginning Of our meetings back in February. Personally, I struggled the first few days with lots of mental distractions. My good friend Joel (who is actually friends with the majority of our team through different ways) used the term "mind trash" to define distractions that pulling you away from a path God has set out before us. I started to dig deeper into God's word - asking him to show up in a way only he. As a team we've had some unexpected illnesses that we've prayed over as a team. Vehicle problems in sweltering heat on the road side where i'm PRETTY confident we're consumed with snaked & spiders of all sizes. (btw - this team doesnot argue of poisonous or not we are allen the same page to stay way!!) Last night (after our baby cow restarant experience) we got together as a team to talk through who was going to share their stories on them with this excepted group of 90+ people at all different aged levels. I quickly became clear Mike' story was in - then Amber offered to share her story too.... I had an overwhelming tension that I needed to step up & offer for third string if we got there. We ended our time together praying for the kids in the orphanage who had already gone out to invited their friends, the friends who were willing to go and for the church's ministries. We are so honored humbled and in awe of how our heavenly father put all these pieces in motion before we got on the plane in Atlanta. We just needed to choose to remain focused on him & his bigger plans than ours! For me personality sharing my story like this has never happened. We don't have unlimited amounts of a time to go through a lot of the details. Instead we hard to figure out how to tell our story in a story form for a cross sections of ages & stages of life. So when I sat down at 10pm to start this I really felt a peace about it. Praying hard that no matter what I put on this paper then end result will be God working though me. On the way back to the orphanage I started writing it all out in more of a story to follow. It was in that momemnt on the back of the bus I knew all the distractions I have been feeling all week were placed there for me to not want to take a step towards Christ's will for my life. I realized it's not my story.... It's Gods story... I'm just a small part to be moved by him. If I come to him withy an open & willing heart, mind & soul he will move.As I shared my story in the midst of a sea of faces -my attention is drawn to the older girls 15-21. They were listening.... Not to me but the words God wanted them to here. Here is a picture of the kids that stood up to accept Christ as their savior.Job 42:2. "I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted."We serve an amazing God who has blessed our entire team by allowing us to be used by him! Thanks for your continued prayers - keep them coming God is up to amazing things here!