Last summer I was sitting under a sermon when I felt the Lord speak to me personally. The pastor was preaching on going to places that we're "dangerous" or going to get us out of our comfort zone to depend on the Lord. That was when I felt the Lord spoke to me personally to go out of the country next summer on a mission, (it was last summer at the time). I remember starting to shake with anxiety, not feeling safe doing that. But, I felt confident the Lord spoke to me so I was going to do the things I needed to put myself in position to potentially go overseas next summer (With prayer!). After a couple calls, the Lord opened a door to go to Romania.

To give context on where I do feel called in ministry is to pastor at a local church in America. If I get the privilege to Pastor at a church, one of my values is missions. Understanding what a missionary's life potentially is on the mission field is important in order to know how to minister to them back home in the States. My biggest prayer and mentally going over to Europe is that the Lord ould open my heart to learn what the joys and struggles are on the mission field that I may be an effective minister!

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