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We are so thankful for this past month and these men who choose to Invest their lives for the sake of the Gospel!
The past few days have been so fun. We have the privilege of living in both worlds when we spend time investing in lives overseas. This week our amazing friends are here with us in Africa and seeing firsthand what they have been a part of for years through their partnership in ministry! 
This is the Church in action and we’re thankful to be a part of it for His glory 🙌🏾🙌🏻🙌🏿
Mountains are moved when the next generation of men take their place in God’s redemptive story. Join us for journey 2019! A P P L Y  T O D A Y! #entrustedtogo #j2019
2019// What a gift we’ve been given! 
JDI training is coming to an end and we are expectant of what God has in store for this team, Journey, CTI staff/missionaries, and all of the ministry God has put in our path. 
May God increase in all of our lives so that He can be seen and experienced wherever we go and whoever we meet! #entrusted2019 #j2019

Special thanks to @tim_kardia @bjavery @pastorpaultrimble @bsquareforever Cindy and Bent Tree Church for hosting us and providing the space to build a team! And thank you @nanalicias for coming to visit and play with us!!
Will you join us these last 2 DAYS of 2018 and partner with CTI to ensure God’s word continues to be taught & disciples multiplied in 2019 throughout the generations and nations? Your year-end giving makes a tremendous impact and ministry could not happen without you! #entrusted2019
One of the best days in 2018 was a home visit day. We all forgot our rain boots and it had rained a lot that week. It took over an hour to make it to this home because the mud was so thick. We slipped and some even fell face down in the mud! I don’t know that I have ever laughed as joyfully and as much as this day. We were completely dependent on our friends to make it as some held out their hands to grab us, while others physically held us up.  We all built such sweet relationships during our trek, but what made the day even more special was the moment we arrived at the home. A huge bowel of warm water was prepared and one by one the friends we were visiting washed our feet and cleansed the mud away before washing our shoes. 
I will never forget the deep humility that washed over me as my feet were scrubbed and all I could think about was when Jesus washed the disciples feet.  It was an honor to be in this home and receive love and hospitality. It taught me a lot about authentic relationship and what it looks like to receive.  The fellowship that took place that day was holy. What could have seemed like a disaster actually became the greatest gift. These moments on Journey and on the field remind us of God’s sovereignty, simplicity, and the gift of being present. 
What I have learned over the past 10 years is the foundation of missions has to be authentic relationships and trusting God’s ways are better than our own. ~Kristin

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Rejoicing in Remembrance

July 25, 2017

In our time in community three, the Lord continually led me back to a posture of remembrance. Remembering who He is, who He has been, and who He will be.The prayer and cry of the people in this community right now is for rain. Physically, this community needs rain to water their plants, feed their families, and provide for their community. On a home visit, walking with a friend in her home, she showed me the withered crops and the dried up water source. It would be easy to be discouraged, to question if He will yet again be faithful to provide. But the people of this community have hope. She watered her crops with the little water she had and reminded me. Reminded me that the Lord has provided every other time, why wouldn’t He do it again? It brought me to a place of sweet remembrance in my own life. How often do I not trust because I just forget? Forget that He is good and kind and He’s been faithful every other time?

In reading some of the book of Exodus in this community, I was struck by the way the Israelites so often forgot who God was too. When they forgot who He was, the ways He provided again and again, they grumbled and complained and questioned the intentions and the goodness of God. But yet when they did again remember, their immediate response was rejoicing. Time and time again they forgot, but when they remembered, they were moved to rejoicing in the simple character of God.

I walked into community three forgetting. I had forgotten all that God had done in these days, all the ways He’s moved in our community and the communities we’re walking into. I had forgotten that God didn’t have to bring me to East Africa to remind me of who He was again- He did it because He’s kind. Getting to walk back into the same place with the same people for a second time, I was instantly reminded. Being in this community again reminded me of the provision of our God, the ways He had grown and watered our own hearts in the short weeks between. Walking back into this community was the reminder to me of who God is and all the ways He’s been moving. The remembrance led me to rejoicing- rejoicing in the kindness of God, the ways He has been steadfast and unwavering, even when I’ve forgotten who He is. In being on our knees for rain this summer, both physically and spiritually, may we fight to be people who remember. May our remembrance always lead to rejoicing in an abundant God. 

 

Caroline Wilson | Journey 2017 Intern

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