how great...

The summer is over in about a week. My, how things have drastically changed this summer. I walked into work this summer with an attitude, "I care about reaching the nations... it's just not for me". The Lord laid on my heart this summer that following him... meant to do what he did, and to go where he went. He laid the country of Bhutan on my heart.
Bhutan is a country located between India and China. It is mainly Buddhist, and a shockingly .2% Evangelical Christian. In order to go into the country, which you can only go for two weeks at a time (not as a 'missionary' only a traveler), you must have an approved Visa, and even with that, you must be escorted by a government agent so that your culture does not disturb theirs. That being said, you can't share Christ there... they don't know... they haven't heard. The only way a Bhutanese person could hear about the Lord is if one of them left to go into India, heard about Christ with someone there, and then came back and told others. Which is unlikely considering that India is <2% Evangelical Christian. I have been despereately praying that the Lord would give a vision of Himself to the people of Bhutan. Proclaiming his glory even in one of the darkest places on the earth.
I also decided this summer... to give up my desire to date someone who is no good to me. I was scared to leave camp.. and come back to the real world... the reason being that I would again be pulled into his gravity. I prayed that the Lord would keep me from temptation. Later that week... he and I got in a huge fight. One that recently has resulted in the end of a friendship. This does hurt me... very badly, but I know that this is just an answer to a much needed prayer. This boy was exactly what was keeping me from my potential in Christ.
I want to go back to school and tell others about Christ. I know, its crazy... because its a christian school. All I know is that a gathering of Christians might mean that we are too trendy to be Christ. I'm tired of a "trend" taking the place for Christ. I'm also tired of mindless apathy that I see everywhere I turn. I'm praying for my campus, just as hard as I should be praying for a secular Campus.

The Lord has done great things in my life this summer. He has shown me who he is - and shown me that His mercies really are new every morning.

-HH