caseywells - Staying Put.

The other night a friend invited all the girls from AIM to come over to just hang out. God has put it on her heart to make a safe place for us to go and just be girls. It was great to all be together and not have any specific agenda. We had a time of prayer and the Lord spoke to me...

‘You are not to go to the Dominican Republic, but stay here.'

A couple of months ago when I decided that I was not going to go to Kenya in December I was offered the chance to go to the Dominican Republic for our January launch. There was no reason for me to turn it down, but again I wasn't overly excited about it either. But I thought that was just because I had no idea what I would be responsible to do. So when the Lord spoke this to me I was surprised when there was a part of me that was disappointed. I will have spent all of 2008 in the United States. One of the reasons I took this position at AIM was because I would still be able to go out on the field and meet the teams, and here I am having turned down the two opportunities that they have given me.

I still don't know why I feel like the Lord is asking me to stay in the States. I am sure I could come up with a million reasons. But the reality is that I must obey even if I am a bit disappointed. My prayer isn't that I'll get to go out next time, but rather that I would understand what the Lord is trying to say and do. I also pray that as I continue in the office that I will not be overwhelmed but have the peace and direction that I so desperately need.