The Next Step...

Since I've been back in the states (both Kona and San Jose), I've gotten asked the question "What's next?" so many times.

I've been thinking a lot about this question a lot. I honestly didn't know how to answer it. I honestly didn't know what to do next. There are so many things I want to do. I want to go back to school and finish my degree. I want to go to Kona to do the School of Worship. I want to go to Nashville to do the School of Worship. I want to staff a DTS and pour into the next set of comm transers (the school I just did). I want to do a lot of things, Unfortunately, I can only do one right now.

The hardest part about this decision is that I feel like God is opening a ton of doors and then He's telling me to "pick one." One day I feel like he's saying one thing...then next day I think he's saying another, then the day after that he's telling me it doesn't matter which one I do, because it's up to me. Let me tell ya, that makes it really hard to clearly hear which one I'm "supposed" to do. I'd love it if God would just highlight one and close all of the other doors, but it seems like that's not what's gonna happen here. Which, honestly, is okay! Makes for a crazy adventure!

So I've made a decision. I am applying to commit the next year to go back out to Kona and spend some time in Leadership Training and Staffing the next Comm-Trans school. What this means is that I will be going back through the same program that I just did, but instead of being a student I will be one of the leaders and then I will lead a team onto an outreach somewhere in the world. I'm not accepted yet, so it's not 100% guaranteed at this point, but that's the direction that I'm pursuing.

On outreach the Lord really showed me my passion for discipleship. While in South Sudan I loved pouring into the youth and adults of the church to see growth in their lives. I feel called to help raise up the next generation of revivalists here in America and abroad. I feel like the Lord is calling me to help train up the next Comm-Trans class to push them towards pursuing Jesus because of what He did to encounter me in the past 6 months.

I definitely believe that if I'm hearing God wrong on this one then He's gonna correct me. I want nothing more than to see His will be done and I'm running after that. If I'm mistaken on what I think I'm hearing him say, then I know without a doubt that He will correct me. I'm just gonna go for it and let him handle the rest. If he's not giving me this choice then I believe that He's faithful enough to get me where he wants me to be.

What this would mean is that I would go on full time as a missionary. It is a year long commitment and then at the end of the year I can either renew it or pursue something else that the Lord is laying on my heart.

I would greatly appreciate prayers for me for this next season of my life. It is a big step of faith for me, because I am going to learn how to trust the Lord in ways that I've never had to before. It is going to be different from anything else I have ever done. I know that He has placed this on my heart, so I know that He is going to come through for me.

If you would like to support me financially in this, I have made it very easy this time. There is now a "donate" button on my blog page (http://joshmorrisonywam.blogspot.com/) which allows you to donate through paypal. No mail. No checks. Nada. Very easy!

I will send out a more formal invitation to help support financially after I get accepted. I am simply stepping out in faith at this point and asking for your prayers on this. If you would like to support now, go for it, but absolutely no pressure.

Thank you all for your prayers and support over the past 6 months in my DTS. God totally destroyed my life and then remade it into something that I never thought would happen. I'm loving every second of it, and I can't wait to see what the next step is. I couldn't have experienced it if it wasn't for all of your prayers and support.

I love you all. So flippin much.

Josh