Would You Pray?

I just wanted to take a moment to share something that is on my heart in hopes that everyone reading this might take a moment to just say a prayer. I was scrolling through my Facebook and came across a picture collage of a friend's day in Ecuador. If you know me you already know where this is headed but if you don't you should understand that after my first mission trip there I fell in love with the people, the group I was with, and the places that I saw. I miss Ecuador all of the time and really do hope that the Lord is willing for me to return sooner rather than later.

So anyway, as I passed the pictures my heart broke a little and the tears began to stream. I miss Ecuador far more than I though it possible for me to miss ANY foreign country. In my head something that has become normal began. I started remembering every aspect of my mission trip there. I remembered the sweet little chapel that I have mentioned here before, I remembered camp Chacauco, I remembered the jungle camp which I think was probably my favorite of the two, I thought about the sweet little family that I met while I was there that I love so very much, the beauty, and just so much more. 

Some of you are reading this and feeling sorry for my heartache, others are tired of hearing about it, both however, would probably want to pray for God to take away the heartache. PLEASE DON'T... As crazy as that may sound I would like to ask that you would pray asking God instead, to provide a way for me to return soon. Pray over the financial details (because mission trips are EXTREMELY expensive), pray for the timing so that things will work out with school for me to take a leave of absence, pray that the Lord would take every worry I have and remind me that He is GREATER. 

If you have made it this far in the post I want to thank you for reading and for your prayers. I know that the Lord is good and that His "faithful love endures forever". I am thankful for the HUGE family that is the body of Christ, and the brothers and sisters in that body that lift each other up in prayer. What an amazing privilege to be apart of the family of God! May the Lord bless and keep you, making His face shine upon you and giving you His peace! (Numbers 6:24-26) =)