I have several exciting things to share in this blog. The first is that my eye infection has completely cleared. I went to the doctor for the fourth time and was told the infection is completely gone. They know the infection was caused by a bacteria but not sure how I got the bacteria. Anyways, so that's that :) The healing was a definite, I just didn't know when it would take place :) So thank you to everyone who lifted me up in prayer!
Another thing that has happened is that God has shown me why I am here. This is really exciting for me because I came here not knowing why He wanted me here. I am not free to put everything on this blog, but I will share some. When I felt lead to come here, I knew it was God drawing me here, but had no idea what in the world He would use me for. I thought of a few things, but nothing like huge or anything. Well, I am called to be a missionary here in Switzerland. An intercessor for the people here. Intercession was not really ever anything I thought of for myself so this was definitely a surprise to me. Now some of you may be laughing because I know there are some that already think of me as a missionary here. I didn't until last week. It was the first time I felt certain of it. I guess I thought that a missionary was someone who would go up to random people and just tell them about Jesus so this is why I didn't feel like this. But God revealed to me that I am telling people about Jesus in a different way...by sharing His love with people. So maybe one day I am just called to smile at every person I see, another day I have to pray for random people who walk past me. It's funny because He is using me in a way that fits my personality. I don't know why I am surprised, but He has that effect on me. I tend to want to make people feel encouraged and loved instead of pushed away, so using me for a gentle approach towards His people is exciting.
I think that a lot of times (this is just my opinion mind you), Christians tend to push and push until they end up pushing people further from Christ instead of pulling them closer. Instead of showing them that you love them no matter where they are in there life, we point out all of their flaws. This is something that makes me really upset because we really have to take care in how we talk to people. If we are condemning and putting blame and shame on people, how is this showing God's love? It's not! He loves His people no matter where they are in their life. If they are gay, if they are serving other gods, He still loves them. Those people will not turn away from their life if all they hear from Christians is about how awful their life is and they are awful and going to hell because they have tattoos and piercings all over their bodies. They need to feel loved. They need to see something different in us then from what they expect to see. Anyways, obviously I get a little heated about that.
The other cool thing that happened was that I was asked in my German class why I came here. Now, when you have no filter, things just come out of your mouth. Well, truth comes out of my mouth and I have no time to think about it. This is a good thing, because I probably wouldn't say half of the things I do if I thought about it too long. Anyways, So I told them that I am a Christian and that I felt like I was supposed to be here in Switzerland. Afterwards I was like, oh I hope I didn't offend anyone! That's what I mean, I am glad I don't think about it! There are several men from India in my class and I have no idea, yet, where they are in their faith. Muslim or Hindu possibly. After I said that, one of them wouldn't stop looking at me so I think there may have been something sparked inside of him. Please pray for him and actually all of the people in my German class if you remember. They have been heavy on my heart the past few days.
So that is what is going on here that I can share with you for now :) Please keep praying...it is much appreciated. Really, it really is.
