Gabi’s Mission Trip
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I was originally planning on going to Spain to study abroad this next school year. I was so excited to travel everywhere in Europe, eat amazing food, visit museums, take pictures, and to just enjoy the fact that I was a small town girl living in a big world that wanted to be explored.
In January, Berrien Springs got hit with a big snow storm, big enough to shut down AU (hard to believe, but it actually happened!). Of course I didn't mind the extra days off, but we were also having week of prayer that week and although I really didn't need to go onto campus (being a community student), I felt I should go anyways.
I went along with my "feeling" and as we were singing the theme song, I meditated on what I was singing..."I will make room for you, I will make room for two, so you don't feel that you can't live here...please live in me." I told God, "I don't want you to feel like my heart isn't your home. Please live in me today, and open my heart to see what I need to bring in, or what I need to move out."
The next day as "The Feed" was running, which is a video of announcements, I suddenly felt a strange pull at my heart as I was watching one of our previous student missionaries talk about her experience. I thought it was a weird feeling, so I brushed it aside and moved on with my life. But every day they kept showing different videos of different missionaries and that pull kept on getting stronger.
Being honest with you guys, I was annoyed. "God, really? I already had my plans to go to Spain..why now? Why so sudden?" But simply put, God had other plans for me. Every conversation I had, every devotion I had, every sermon I heard, all pointed me towards one thing. I was reminded of what I told God; to help me see what I needed room for.
This plan is a very big one, a scary one I might add, but I realized then and now that God doesn't call us into stability and comfort, but into places where we have no choice but to rely on Him. I realized that not everyone receives this call but that accepting the call would be an act of faith on my part, and a statement saying to everyone and to God that I full lean on Him and expect Him to guide me through this path He has set me on.
The journey doesn't start when I get to the mission field, whether that is the Philippines, Peru, or Chad, but it has already started.
I ask kindly, that you as my family/friend base, help support me monetarily and with prayers as I continue on this journey. Any donation is very much appreciated, and will go towards getting me to 1 of 3 of the countries listed, and will also help pay for expenses such as rent and groceries while I'm there. I leave at the very end of August so we have a little over 3 months to meet this goal.
Prayers always welcome while I'm here still, and definitely when I leave!
Thank you so much for reading this through and for being a part of this journey with me.
-Gabi
In January, Berrien Springs got hit with a big snow storm, big enough to shut down AU (hard to believe, but it actually happened!). Of course I didn't mind the extra days off, but we were also having week of prayer that week and although I really didn't need to go onto campus (being a community student), I felt I should go anyways.
I went along with my "feeling" and as we were singing the theme song, I meditated on what I was singing..."I will make room for you, I will make room for two, so you don't feel that you can't live here...please live in me." I told God, "I don't want you to feel like my heart isn't your home. Please live in me today, and open my heart to see what I need to bring in, or what I need to move out."
The next day as "The Feed" was running, which is a video of announcements, I suddenly felt a strange pull at my heart as I was watching one of our previous student missionaries talk about her experience. I thought it was a weird feeling, so I brushed it aside and moved on with my life. But every day they kept showing different videos of different missionaries and that pull kept on getting stronger.
Being honest with you guys, I was annoyed. "God, really? I already had my plans to go to Spain..why now? Why so sudden?" But simply put, God had other plans for me. Every conversation I had, every devotion I had, every sermon I heard, all pointed me towards one thing. I was reminded of what I told God; to help me see what I needed room for.
This plan is a very big one, a scary one I might add, but I realized then and now that God doesn't call us into stability and comfort, but into places where we have no choice but to rely on Him. I realized that not everyone receives this call but that accepting the call would be an act of faith on my part, and a statement saying to everyone and to God that I full lean on Him and expect Him to guide me through this path He has set me on.
The journey doesn't start when I get to the mission field, whether that is the Philippines, Peru, or Chad, but it has already started.
I ask kindly, that you as my family/friend base, help support me monetarily and with prayers as I continue on this journey. Any donation is very much appreciated, and will go towards getting me to 1 of 3 of the countries listed, and will also help pay for expenses such as rent and groceries while I'm there. I leave at the very end of August so we have a little over 3 months to meet this goal.
Prayers always welcome while I'm here still, and definitely when I leave!
Thank you so much for reading this through and for being a part of this journey with me.
-Gabi
Organizer
Gabi Francisco
Organizer
Berrien Springs, MI
