Goodbye desk. Goodbye job. Goodbye everything of comfort i had.

Goodbye desk. Goodbye job. Goodbye everything of comfort i had.

Sometimes people steal my spot in life. Its real sad. I'm being replaced.

Mmm puke.

Desperate Pursuit

God is good. 

Those are utterly simple words but they scream a thousand things. 

The God of the ages cares for me. 

ME

that's a pretty big thing if you ask me. 

He loves me. 

He cares for me. 

I desperately long for him. 

A little less than a year ago, God spoke to me. CLEARLY. This was a weird and completely weird thing, I've heard a thousand sermons about it and it being a still small voice, one that can easily been mistaken for your own. But THIS, THIS was Jesus, this was GOD. 

This. 

Was. 

Different.

This was real.

He said "Kelli, you see that work that is being done in Africa? Well I'm going to use you, and you are going to be a part of that!" 

Those are scary words when you are 15 and you've never been out of the country and you are trying to "figure out your life" 

Africa?! 

AFRICA?! 

What the heck man?! 

I don't know how to even go about doing that. 

Almost 365 days later, I'm two weeks away from my trip to Uganda. God has provides a way, the money, the vision. I'm not making a whole bunch of a plans, I'm not even sure what is happening half the time. I'm going with the flow, I don't even know how to go about doing that. 

Funny huh?

Kelli Pugh is not known for going with the flow, I always have a plan. I always know what I'm doing at all times and I always have a to do list. 

This. 

Is. 

Not. 

Normal. 

I'm completely done with normal. I'm not even sure what normal looked like to start with. But I'll tell you this, over and over, I'm done with MY normal. 

Sitting here, with a laptop in Johnson County with my phone and iPod going off and playing constantly. I'm done. 

Take my belongings. 

I'm heading out. 

I'm outta here. 

I don't know what God is doing but I know that I'm being called to Africa. 

I KNOW that God is doing something there and I'm gonna be a part. 

I know that I have a heart for Africa that has been given by God and I cannot deny it. 

and I know that I am stoked for whatever God is planning. 

i'll end up coming back alone. Everyone leaves.

once felt complete with a total stranger, now i just feel used.

$493.00

 -Crave

-Fight

 -Redeem

    -Provide

Vertical has come across some wonderful leadership, he makes us  

LISTEN,  

it's a beautiful thing.

While at the Wonder Tour, Dan read us a verse and asked us to pick out A  word that stuck out to us. 

So, while Garrett was talking Wednesday night I was doing the same thing. 

Crave- 

 To have an intense desire for. 

 To need urgently; require.

 

               Fight-

                     To strive vigorously and resolutely

                            Redeem

                               To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum.

                                     To fulfill

                                      To set free; rescue or ransom.

                                       To save from a state of sinfulness and its consequences.

                                        To restore the honor, worth, or reputation of

Provide

To supply means of subsistence:

To make ready ahead of time; prepare. 

I really like hearing God's voice. 

It's beautiful, even a whisper, like the wind. 

                                                                         Beautiful. 

We've asked, and asked, and asked God to provide the funds and His vision for my trip to Africa. Boy, he has come through. 

I went from 2,300 dollars to $493.00 in two weeks. 

TWO WEEKS!  

He is good. All the time. 

I'm so excited. 

I'm almost there. 

                 Almost there.

Thank you, Lord for providing vision of the people around me. A craving to love on the children of Africa. People who love me and are willing to support me. A fight to continue even when its hard and nothing is happening. You redeeming your people and redeeming ME. 

You are wonderful.

Wonder Tour

All in all, I'm gonna have to say that it was wonderful. 
There were problems and sometimes people are jerks. And tents flood (but it stayed up!) But I think its beyond wonderful that no matter what the situation is that God shows up. He doesn't care that we are in a school or a drug park or in the rain. He shows up. Every time. 

"Master, if you want to, you can heal my body." Jesus reached out and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be clean."... Your cleansed and grateful life, not your words, will bear witness to what I have done." -Matthew 8:2,3

That would have to be my new favorite verse. Er, well verses. 

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