God is the divine orchestrator.

"For I know the Plans I have for you" Jer 29:11

One thing I am really learning and discovering about God is how true that statement really is-especially for my life. He KNOWS the PLANS He has for US. FOR US! He is the divine orchestrator. I am really looking back at periods of my life and just seeing how God orchestrated it and how perfectly it worked out because it was God's will and He was in it and beside me in it. He orchestrated it. He is so faithful to us and the plans He has for us. He knows how to piece everything together to fit together so perfectly.He is God our creator- He is all knowing. It never ceases to amaze me how everything fits together so perfectly. and I am really loving discovering that over and over while I have been in South Africa and even my journey to South Africa-it all fits so perfectly-His plan for me has been perfectly planned since before I was born ah! God is the divine orchestrator. He orders our steps. He won't let us miss the wonderful and good things has has for us. We can put ALL our hope in Him and we will never be disappointed. He brings all things together for our good.There is such an assurance when we walk with our Papa. He is so loving and knows exactly what we need. We can throw ourselves on his promises-I can throw myself on His promises-His sweet promises. He is the divine orchestrator. He created us in our innermost being-He KNOWS us and He KNOWS what we need and He KNOWS what He is going to give us.

With that said the reason why I am writing this blog is to update you on my life this last week in South Africa, and how sweet it is that God is the divine orchestrator of my life but to keep a very long story short i am sharing the recent revelation of His orchestration.

A month before I left for South Africa I prayed the prayer...
"God I want new things-I want to be stripped of my comfort zones- I want to be challenged by you and fashioned into who you created me to be" -
the answer came 20 seconds into my plane ride. I was struck with immediate homesickness and fear. It was rough-but I just immediately started praying for His peace and comfort. I had to tell myself that and pray that quite a bit and battle homesickness during my first week here-but of course the Lord came through-with much help from family and friends and PRAYER. God and I talked a lot that week. So back to my prayer- I asked God for these things and oh man he has answered them and it has not been easy in fact it has been really hard, but it has been that good kinda hard-the I love this kind of hard because you just know that the end result is so defining and so SO good and so healing and brings you into a more deeper intimate relationship with God.
God began to really speak over me and my heart a heart and vision for Muslims and that He was going to begin to cultivate that vision and heart in me-well i immediately responded (not well i will admit) "well if that is true God then that is all you baby you are really going to have to make that known and do some major construction in my heart"-I was terrified. so of course He answers immediately- He sticks me in Oceanview with no one i know and Oceanview happens to be one the most Muslim populated townships in Capetown and then for the last 4 weeks directs me to Muslims every time I meet someone- almost everyone I have met in Oceanview has been Muslim. crazy how God does things! Well when they announced the outreach places i for sure thought okay I am either going to Zambia or Zimbabwe-kids! that was an easy choice for me. I have always had a huge passion and heart for children's ministry and speaking truth and love over kids! I for sure thought the Lord was going to send me to Zambia (that would be too easy wouldn't it?. When I sat down to pray about it I kept hearing Zanzibar. I thought unreached Muslims? Seriously God. I have no idea what I am doing. But He kept saying Zanzibar so I put my name down on the Zanzibar list. and I also put my name down for Zambia. While all this was going on with outreach- I started really asking the Lord for friendships here-for people to have a heart connect with. The Lord really came through. I connected with two of the married women-Meehan and Lindsey and Lindsey's two girls Macy and Nali. It was so good for my heart to finally feel like I was making some friends here-that I had a community here. So two days ago they announced the outreach teams and I am officially going to Zanzibar. It is 97% Muslim nation-completely unreached and unengaged. And exactly opposite of what I ever planned on doing-but the crazy thing is-the Lord has already really started stirring my heart for Muslims and has given me an incredible heart that yearns to just love and build relationship with them. My team is made up of 12 people and 2 kids-literally everyone on my team are the people I have connected best with since being here, Meehan and Lindsey are part of my team-which also means my two favorite kids here Macy and Nali are going as well. The Lord has put our team together so perfectly. I am already obsessed with my team and really feel connected and bonded to them. He is the divine orchestrator.
So a day after my birthday (April 22 for those who don't know) so April 23 I will be departing for Zanzibar until June 18! I am super terrified but equally excited for what the Lord is going to do.
I love that He is the divine orchestrator. so amazing. and so amazing that my team and I can completely trust in that truth. HE IS THE DIVINE ORCHESTRATOR.

I will definitely send more information and prayer requests out the more that I know. Right now I know VERY little.

Thank you for your prayers and support.