Leave Full or Go Home

This is day one of our two month adventure. Last night, our last night at AWC until August. Our Pastor, Bro. Graves, preached about the importance of being full, and staying full. Whether he directed it to us on purpose or not it was perfect for Justin and I. He talked about the work of God does not replace time with God. As we venture out into a whole new place to do a whole new work this is something for all of us to remember. If we aren't full, we won't have anything to give to those in need. why are we on a mission trip? Our prayer for the beginning of our trip is to be not only mission minded, but so full of the Holy Ghost that we are literally overflowing to really turn our world "right side up" so to speak. After hearing this amazing message Justin, myself and all of our closest loved ones headed to the airport. It was a great time of tears for some, and laughs for others. Me? It was just a blur. Our flight was 5 long hours of a nice gentlement next to us enjoying his sleep immensely with the evidence of snoring. :-) Needless to say, we didn't sleep. Landing in Charlotte we sought out a good breakfast. Check! Rest. Check! Devotion. Check! Our devotion was taken from Matthew 26:41 about "Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation, the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." The first statement was, "Dear friend, do not go out into the danger of the world without first praying." It went onto to say that temptation is always there to shorten your time in prayer and we have to be aware and "watch and pray" so that we will have the ability (with God) to withstand the temptation. Justin just said, "wow! this is exactly what we need!" It's amazing how God is blessing us already and we aren't even in Spain yet. We definitely miss our home but we know we exactly where we need to be for the summer! :)