Today is Thursday. That means we have our American Life and Language classes (ALL) and I am looking forward to them. I am thankful to all the volunteers that are committed to teaching, mentoring and helping the many refugee families that come to us for assistance. God has brought together a team that is uniquely designed for this kind of work. I wouldn’t have been able to do it myself.

Our volunteers come from all different churches and we work well together because we have one common goal and that is to love and serve others as Jesus would. God puts together teams that we wouldn’t ordinarily think to choose and when He does it there is unity. His teams seem to be better than the ones we might make ourselves. Each person that comes to volunteer with us has been prepared with gifts, talents and ideas that are wonderful and usually different from any person we may already have. We don’t only lovingly serve our refugee friends but we want to encourage and serve one another.

I am thankful for our volunteers. I am thankful for their time they offer as I know it is often a sacrifice for them. I pray that we will be a unified team of people seeking God in everything we do. We are not perfect but we eagerly and daily go after perfection as we seek to know and understand Jesus. I’m learning more and more about how to lead and my position isn’t always easy. I have more of a heart to be on the ground and serve those in need and serve my fellow friends in Christ. I pray that The Lord will keep teaching me knew things about Himself and that I will have courage while keeping my heart full and my eyes on my first love.

Thank you to those who support Asha’s Refuge. We need you.

One more thing. Yesterday I met with a few leaders at Trinity First Baptist Church from Olive Branch, MS. It was wonderful to get to meet with them and was encouraging to know that there are people out there praying for us. I enjoyed introducing a few of my refugee friends to the men from Trinity and am happy they were able to meet a newer refugee young man. Our time was sweet and I am praying and trusting that The Lord will keep connecting us to those who are like minded. The Nations have come to us church…what will we do?!