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Sunday, November 25, 2012

4 Months!

You might have read my previous post 'Choosing Joy', if not I advise you to go read it so you will know more about my heart while reading this post.

In 4 months, I will get in a van, and ride with a group of people for roughly 6-7 hours.  My destination?  A little place in Hermosillo, Mexico called 'Casa Esperanza Para Ninos'  one of my most favorite places in the world.  It's a little orphanage where 30 of the absolute best kids live.   I'm more excited for these trips then I ever have been for anything.  If I could move to Hermosillo, and live like the people down their live.  With little to nothing, but yet still making the most of every day.  I so would, in a heart beat I would be there.

Nancy & I
Next year I'm gonna need close to $4,500 for missions trips.  $4,000 to go to Uganda in June, and about $400 - $500 for Mexico in March.  I'm not positive about going to Uganda yet but I would like get a head start on my money for Mexico.  Seeing as if I had to choose between the two trips I would pick Mexico in a heart beat.  I already have relationships with the kids, and am dying to see them again.   I'm working on my Spanish, so I can communicate with them more.  So if you feel lead to donate to my Mexico missions fund, I will have a 'Chip-In' button located on the top left side bar of this blog. :)

Dressed as a clown for VBS (Vacation Bible School)  ;D

I'm very glad that God blessed me with this heart, I long to do nothing more then serve Him and His people on a day to day basis!   I plan to change the world by saving the least of these and loving on everyone that comes in my path!

Playing games with the kids at VBS :) 
Thank you to everyone that has helped me pay for passed missions trips!  I really do appreciate it!  I will now leave you with, the options to Pray I will get the funds, Share this post, Donate to my fund and an extremely adorable picture of Juancho.  My all time favorite little man from Casa. :)


God Bless,
Alyssa

Friday, November 2, 2012

Time Well Spent

Recently I have been dwelling on the fact that I don't have a "busy" life.  Meaning other then school, chores, and caring for the little ones, I spend the majority of my time at home.  I don't typically hang out with friends, seeing as my "friends" are quite different from me.  Don't get me wrong I love em, but we don't exactly mix well.  Anyways!  I just couldn't figure out what God's reasoning was for all of this.  It didn't make sense to me.  I always thought that fellowship, was something God thought was grand and that we all needed.   So when I grew apart from most of my close friends I was confused.

Last night I opened chat with a long distance friend of mine, that I have never actually met IRL (In Real Life) we became friends through our passion to advocate for orphans and our love for God.   I told her my heart and how I was feeling, I was looking for some advice and I look up to her.  She said that sometimes God pulls things (Or in this case people) out of our lives to open up more space for things we should be focusing on.  

Today while praying about the things my heart and mind should be dwelling on, God revealed some things to me, somethings that have been on my heart for months and others that I had never thought about.

One of them being modesty, and the purity of my heart.  If I'm looking for a guy, that is fully dedicated to God, strives each and every day to do nothing more then please His creator. He most likely wont be looking for a girl, who can be easily influenced by others opinions, and in some cases will change who she is to make others happy.  If I want to be in the running for a guy like that, then I need to be that kind of girl.  One that is stable, ready to be there through everything, and has a focus on God that is strong as ever.  It's something that I need to work hard on.

The second thing being, preparing myself to spend the rest of my life with someone.  So yes, marriage.  I know I'm only 16, I know most people think I shouldn't be worrying about this.  But in reality I should.  Ever since I was little I have always wanted to get married at the age of 18, which now days people think you are insane for that.   I want a big family and feel that if I ever want to catch up to the Duggars I should start early. ;)  No but really, my whole entire life I have desired nothing more in life then to be a wonderful wife to a fantastic man, and a mommy to many kids.  In the past year and a half that want has intensified, now that my eyes are open to the extreme need of homes for special needs kids overseas.  So now not only do I want many biological kids, but saving the lives of kids who were given up for being different has just made my want even stronger.   International adoption takes a long time, and even with bio kids, 9 months isn't the shortest amount of time. ;)    Preparing myself now, to be someones Help Meet, is important especially with the desires God has put in my heart.  

I feel Him laying it heavily on my heart recently, I'm not sure why, maybe He plans to bring my "Other Half" to me soon and start building that relationship, or maybe I just have a lot to learn before then.  But no matter the reason, it's what I feel is right in my heart, and it's what I believe I'm being asked to do.  So I will obey, and begin praying for transformation of my heart and mind.