The weeks leading to training camp were both exciting and not. Some days I would be so stoked that I would want to go ASAP but other days I would rather just crawl into bed and pretend it was already August. I was nervous meeting everyone in person and seeing how they would react to the trip too. The Saturday before my dad, brother and I started the drive and during that time I wasn’t really excited or nervous, just numb. I didn’t know if this was really the plan for me to go across the world or if it was me ignoring God’s plan. When arriving to training camp I was so...

The weeks leading to training camp were both exciting and not. Some days I would be so stoked that I would want to go ASAP but other days I would rather just crawl into bed and pretend it was already August. I was nervous meeting everyone in person and seeing how they would react to the trip too. The Saturday before my dad, brother and I started the drive and during that time I wasn’t really excited or nervous, just numb. I didn’t know if this was really the plan for me to go across the world or if it was me ignoring God’s plan. When arriving to training camp I was so...

Close your eyes and picture a Nepali man in his mid 30’s dancing around, passionately screaming his sermon, and yelling his favorite word “FIRE” no matter where we are. Got it? That’s our new friend Bipin. He went to the mountains with us. When he first walked on our bus, I knew he would be a memorable person for sure… so loud, funny, and wearing a bandana, he was just eccentric in such a good way.  Bipin is such an inspirational and fun man. He is so passionate and happy all the time that others want to be more like him. Whether from his genuine...

These last two weeks have been quite to roller coaster for myself, as well as other participants on my squad. Meeting fourteen strangers from around the country and jumping into spending all day with them everyday was a different experience. Feeling intimidated by teammates and realizing that my fear and insecurities didn’t come from my Heavenly Father. I gave a sermon on the fly that focused on fear. It was based around the story of Daniel 3, and I used 1 John 4:18 to depict that perfect love strikes out all fear. Which I then applied to fear of evangelism, which we as a squad had...

“David retorted, “I was dancing before the Lord…yes, I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes.'” Samuel 6:21-22 I think back to weeks ago where I’d boldly prayed, “Jesus, can you remove my need to please people, so that I can just do the things that please you?” This request laid rest within me, awaiting a moment to come. We’re up in the Himalayas now, spending time hiking and praying together as a team over the villages that are nestled in-between these mountain peaks. Today, many leaders in the...

  Before I left for Nepal I thought I was brave. I was known among my friends as daring and spontaneous, the crazy friend who was up for anything. Going halfway across the world for a month seemed like no big deal. It was an exciting new adventure that I was dying to go on! Upon arriving my emotions got the best of me and doubt slowly seeped in. I spent my first week in Nepal worried, fearful, and doubting why I came in the first place. The spiritual darkness covering the country seemed to find its way into my thoughts and heart. I couldn’t help but think, “was I actually...