Crazy. This is the last week that we're in sudan. Tomorrow is our last official day too. Starting wednesday we're going to be on debrief until we fly out on saturday. It has gone so incredibly fast i can't believe that it's already over. God has done so much in the past 2 1/2 months in both the lives of the people we've met and interacted with as well as my own life. I've seriously grown so much over the time here in Sudan. God's built me up, broken me down, rinse and repeat. It has been truly amazing.
Our time here in juba has been great. It has been amazing to pour into the lives of the girls at CCC and to be able to show them that not all men simply want to take advantage of them for their bodies. It has been absolutely amazing to get to know them and see the gifts that the Lord has put into them and the passions that they carry. They are amazing girls! I've really connected with a few of them and have been able to speak life into them and simply love on them appropriately, which is something they're definitely not used to. So good.
There are really mixed feelings about coming home. On one hand, my heart is here in Sudan. I absolutely love it here. I love the people. I love the culture. I love being here and don't want to leave. I wish I could stay here, but I know that the Lord is definitely calling me home to San Jose for a season. The other hand is that there is such anticipation for what the Lord is going to do back in San Jose. It is going to be a season of amazing revival and I am so excited to see what is going to happen. The Lord is placing some incredibly crazy things on my heart to do there and I am really excited to see them come to pass.
Thank you all so very much for all of the support you have given me to be able to make this even happen. It has not been in vain. The Lord has completely transformed me from the person who I was going into DTS into someone completely different. He has really shown me what it is like to have a relationship with him and walk with him daily. He has really shown me areas of my life that I need to improve in. He has really shown me areas of my life that I have passion and strength in. It has been amazing to be molded by our creator even more than I could have ever anticipated. So freaking good. God is so good. God is so exciting. I can't believe that I was so frustrated that he wanted me to do this back in february (last year) when I felt like he was telling me to drop out of school for the time. Crazy. Now I am so excited to see what is going to come next in my life now that I have this fire for the Lord inside of me. I am so excited to see all of the things that I'm going to do (in going back to school) that I never would have been able to do pre-dts. God has really given me a desire to walk through life and make it interesting, not just go through the motions of daily routine. God has really given me a desire to give him Glory in everything I do, not just on sunday mornings and evenings. God is so good.
God loves you so much. He wants you to experience the same thing. All you have to do is let him encounter you and love you. All you have to do is let him take over your life and he will definitely make it interesting. Painful? at times. Not in a bad way, but in a growing sort of way. Exciting? Most definitely. God is not boring. He doesn't want to make you into a religious zombie who simply follows a bunch of rules that are a bunch of bull crap and are always striving to be a good enough person. He simply wants to run with you. I encourage you to step into that love. Step into that love that he has for you. I promise you, it is totally worth it. I promise you, your life will never be the same.
So much love for you all. I want to be able to meet up with each one of you and talk about what the Lord has done in my life in the past 6 months. Please feel free to email me (joshmmorrison@yahoo.com) and we can talk! As soon as i get back to the states i'll have my phone as well, so text me! I really want to share all of this with each one of you. You are the ones that made this possible, and I cannot express how incredibly grateful I am. So much love for you all!
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