As I'm sure nearly none of you know, in a week I will be heading out to Tauranga, New Zealand to begin an incredible journey God has set me on for the next 5 months! I'm so excited to share that I will be joining an organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM) where I will spend 3 months in New Zealand at a discipleship training school and then will go on to an outreach portion to serve developing nations of the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. I am needing to raise $10,000 ($7,200 for the program, $2,400 for flights, and $400 for supplies/gear/travel expenses) to fund my trip out there and to reach these underserved nations. Here is a link for you to read about exactly what I will be doing. YWAM says it better than me.
https://mrmdts.org/schools/medical-compassion-dts/
Here's a pic of me absolutely CHEESIN in the midst of great revelation over the urgency of the gospel. This was a time when God was equipping and training my heart to bring the gospel to Southeast Asia. Here's to living out that call 2 years ago following him across the world.
This is what God is doing.
"to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.” Luke 1:79
The last few months of my life have been riddled with a grayness and anxiety that has been so uncharacteristic of my life. I graduated college and stepped into an environment that I felt so strongly God was calling me into with great purpose. The environment itself has not been necessarily a place of darkness, however, I found myself taking home with me the burdens and pains that existed there. I didn't know how to leave an environment that was painful and was unexplainable to the outside world, and step into relationships or community that desired joy. God sought to guide me into the path of peace despite the darkness becoming too familiar. I decided to leave that job just a couple weeks ago.
"See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:19
Wildly enough, I perceived it, so I responded. About 10 days ago. God lit a spark under some embers that had been glowing for some time now. I have loved medicine and have desired to pursue a career in it ever since high school. My love for God and the urgency of the Gospel has been revealed to me in miraculous ways throughout my time in college. This passion and journey to follow God to long term medical missions was born before I had ever perceived it. What a time to perceive what God is doing, and what an even better time to be blown away/wrecked by what God is actually going to accomplish. It's amazing how He so intricately intertwines the desires of our heart with His will. He wants to give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4).
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:14-16
This is a step of me LETTING my light shine before others, that they may give glory to God. I am asking that you would consider praying for me in this time in a spirit of agreement over what God is doing through my life. Please pray that the physical and the spiritual would be healed and saved through my time in New Zealand and Asia. I have come to believe that this really is not an experience for me as much as it is an experience for those who will be touched as God uses me as a tool. I am accepting and receiving the words that say I am God's handiwork and that I am a vessel to be used by God for his namesake. These next 5 months will undoubtedly have an impact on the people of Southeast Asia. All the more, it will go beyond to impact thousands of people over the course of my life as I care for humans on a physical and spiritual level in a career of healthcare. Letting the lamp dwell beneath a bowl is not an option for my life.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.” Jeremiah 29:11
This last verse is for you. Receive this, reader.
https://mrmdts.org/schools/medical-compassion-dts/
Here's a pic of me absolutely CHEESIN in the midst of great revelation over the urgency of the gospel. This was a time when God was equipping and training my heart to bring the gospel to Southeast Asia. Here's to living out that call 2 years ago following him across the world. This is what God is doing.
"to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.” Luke 1:79
The last few months of my life have been riddled with a grayness and anxiety that has been so uncharacteristic of my life. I graduated college and stepped into an environment that I felt so strongly God was calling me into with great purpose. The environment itself has not been necessarily a place of darkness, however, I found myself taking home with me the burdens and pains that existed there. I didn't know how to leave an environment that was painful and was unexplainable to the outside world, and step into relationships or community that desired joy. God sought to guide me into the path of peace despite the darkness becoming too familiar. I decided to leave that job just a couple weeks ago.
"See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:19
Wildly enough, I perceived it, so I responded. About 10 days ago. God lit a spark under some embers that had been glowing for some time now. I have loved medicine and have desired to pursue a career in it ever since high school. My love for God and the urgency of the Gospel has been revealed to me in miraculous ways throughout my time in college. This passion and journey to follow God to long term medical missions was born before I had ever perceived it. What a time to perceive what God is doing, and what an even better time to be blown away/wrecked by what God is actually going to accomplish. It's amazing how He so intricately intertwines the desires of our heart with His will. He wants to give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4).
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:14-16
This is a step of me LETTING my light shine before others, that they may give glory to God. I am asking that you would consider praying for me in this time in a spirit of agreement over what God is doing through my life. Please pray that the physical and the spiritual would be healed and saved through my time in New Zealand and Asia. I have come to believe that this really is not an experience for me as much as it is an experience for those who will be touched as God uses me as a tool. I am accepting and receiving the words that say I am God's handiwork and that I am a vessel to be used by God for his namesake. These next 5 months will undoubtedly have an impact on the people of Southeast Asia. All the more, it will go beyond to impact thousands of people over the course of my life as I care for humans on a physical and spiritual level in a career of healthcare. Letting the lamp dwell beneath a bowl is not an option for my life.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.” Jeremiah 29:11
This last verse is for you. Receive this, reader.
Organizer
Gregory Bello
Organizer
Gainesville, FL