Learning to follow.

I discovered today that most of my friends have blogs.  I had never thought much about blogging but it is so interesting and its a great way to keep up with everyone (and we all need more technology to distract us...)  So while I'm learning to follow all of my friends and keep up with technology God has been teaching me the same thing in life.  I moved 2 hours from my family and friends when I graduated college (actually even before I graduated) all in an attempt to follow wherever God leads.  I know that there is no where I would rather be than in the center of God's will.  So, while life has had some definite highs and some definite lows since I left home and everyone that I know and love, I have been trusting in the fact that God is going to use my life if I only surrender my will to Him. 

I'm still learning on a daily basis what that looks like.  I have learned that it does not mean being in a ministry and treating it like a business. I have learned that surrendering to Christ means learning to hear His voice over the voice of the World pushing for more success, more accolades, more progress, and more proof.  I am learning that surrendering to Christ means living for His approval only, not the approval of anyone (including family, friends, bosses, coworkers, etc).  There is so much to learn in life and I know that following Christ one step at a time will lead to a life that is blessed by the God of all and that HE will inevitably get all the glory that He deserves.

So, I'm literally just a small town girl who followed God to work at a Children's Home 2 hours south of home.  I work as an Activities Director, interacting with some amazing kids who have so much potential but don't even realize it because of the lives they have been subject to.  I do recreational therapy and attempt to form relationships with the kids here that will give me an avenue to minister to them.  Forming the relationships with the residents is the easy part, its getting them to understand just how wonderful they are and how much Christ loves them that proves to be the challenge.  So, most of my posts will be filled with prayer requests for the people God has placed in my path.  I'll include stories of what I consider breakthroughs and what I consider barriers that I run into. 

Here we GO!!!