So drumroll please..................I'm 75% funded!!! =) YAY GOD! I still need about $1,500 more to come in. If you could join me in prayer for that, I would appreciate it!
The other day I read a cool quote and thought I would share it with you:
Where God leads, He guides, and where He guides, he provides.-AJR
God will provide for everything he asks of us; physically, emotionally, mentally, financially, spiritually.....he provides. He is so good!!!
We had a team meeting last Saturday and were able to discuss some of the logistics as well as the dance performances. Due to schedules with school and family travels, we realized that we will only have about 4 days where all of us will be able to rehearse (May 28-31) . Please keep these days in your prayers!!!! We need clarity, physical energy and strength, divine ideas, and good memories. We will be doing many different performances. The newest opportunity to come up is a Christian high school in Japan. We are excited to get to spend time with them!
I also wanted to share an entry from my journal. For one of my classes at school we have to journal what the Lord is doing in our hearts throughout the semester. This journal entry touched me again as I was reading it and I wanted to share it with you.
Tears. Tears are the fast ramp to the soul. Tears are an outward emotion of pain, hurt, anger, and frustration but they can also be an expression of joyful adoration, laughter, thanksgiving, worship, love, and happiness. When one has experienced a small portion of the fullness of God and tasted of his infinite pleasure, thanksgiving and tears are only a natural response. Not only is this
the only age in which you can worship God in the night season (Rev. 21:25-There will be no night there), but it is also the
only age you can worship God with your tears. It says in Rev. 21:4 that he will wipe away the tears from their eyes and there will be no more crying when heaven comes to earth. We can only serve him in loving adoration in this life with our tears. This past week being Good Friday and
Easter, I
have found my own heart to be tender soil. I cry when I just think about Jesus
and his goodness. And if you know me, I don’t cry. Ever. So this is a new thing
in my life. I can’t help but be suspicious that it is part of praying in
tongues on a regular basis, one of our assignments for Corey's class, that is tenderizing my heart. I have cried and wept
for Jesus’ return. I have cried myself to sleep several nights longing for Jesus to return. The phrase on my heart and that has consuming my mind is I MISS
JESUS. I just want him back. I want him to rule on the earth NOW. Life would
truly be better if he was here. There’s nothing on earth worth my clinging too. No job
opportunity, no marriage, no grand kids, no life pleasures….nothing is worth
postponing his return for a few 20 more years. I want him now. I just want
Jesus to come back. I just want to be with him. I miss him. I love him. I want
others to be infected with this “I miss Jesus” so that we will all say, “Come,
Lord Jesus” and he can return. I miss Jesus! This is part of who I am as a
missionary: to infect others with missing Jesus and long for his return. I want Jesus to return
quickly! Come, Lord Jesus!!!
Hope that you have a blessed day! Thank you again for your contribution to my trip this summer! I'm expectant and praying for the Lord to do great and mighty things.
Many Blessings,
Ashton
Many Blessings,
Ashton
Oh, Ashton . . . you are definitely no longer our "baby girl" . . . Your spiritual maturity is an inspiration to your Nana.
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