Wayumi: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

This week I went to a camp called Wayumi in Jersey Shore, PA. This place is focused on informing people about tribal missions and of course increasing their relationship with God. Although it was hard to focus on those two things sometimes, I learned a lot on this trip.

There were many obstacles put in the way of growing in my relationship with Christ. On Tuesday I was sick. I didn't throw up but... well you can probably guess. And then when I was getting better on Wednesday I got the pleasure of listening to a kid throw up four times while I was trying to sleep. So on Thursday I was back to feeling sick and that pretty much lasted until I got home. Other obstacles included that I could only sleep on a hammock (other than one night when they let me sleep on a mattress because I was feeling well), long car rides with kids throwing up, 53-59 degree temperatures when trying to sleep, spiders all over the place, and of course the trials of just being with 27 other people for a week. So this was all bad and it was especially bad because I am afraid of throwing up and I hate hearing people throw up, which I was able to hear a total of 7 times. By the end of the trip about 7 people had gotten sick in some way during the trip and now after the trip more people are getting sick. But looking back, it was all worth it.

At Wayumi I learned how hard my heart is to God's plan for my future. I have always  been scared of the future because of uncertainty but yet at the same time I won't let God reveal my future to me because I'm afraid it might be something I don't want. But since when has life been about me? Its not. God has done so much for me and will do so much for me on Earth and Heaven. The least I can do is sacrifice my small Earthly life.God may want me to have a normal job and be a missionary there. Or God may want me to be a missionary in Germany. Or in some tribal area. Or maybe I'll travel somewhere and get martyred right off the bat. Am I willing? Am I willing to give up everything including my life for God? I'm going to be spending a lot of time working on my heart with God so I can truthfully say "yes".

Another awesome thing that happened was that the whole week our lessons in the evening were on Jonah. My first blog I talked about how much I was like Jonah and then I go to a camp and the theme is "Don't be like Jonah". Now I already knew to not be like Jonah but obviously this is an area in my life that God is really trying to tell me something. And I believe He is saying just be open. I heard a really cool quote there that had to do with being open it went like this:

"Most people prepare for a normal life and say they are willing to go to the mission field. You should prepare for the missions field and say that you are willing to have a normal life"

I want my mind to be focused on preaching the Gospel. Especially after hearing the statistics about languages. There are over 2000 languages that don't have a single verse of the Bible translated into it. That is a lot of people. Thankfully there are 2000 languages that are being worked on right now. So if there are 2000 being worked on by the generation above me that means that my generation could finish it! The Bible says that one day there will be people from EVERY ethnic group in Heaven. Do you know what that means? If you go to an unreached people group the chances of you leading someone to Christ are insanely high. You might not and someone else will come after you but at least you laid the ground work.

Anyways, I hope you understood some of that, I was kind of just throwing whatever thought came to mind down on this page. All in all, Wayumi was awesome because it taught me to be open and to not worry about the future. God already knows what He has for me. And He knows what He has for you too.