One Step At A Time

You know the feeling after you have reached 1/3rd of the way through your run. Your at the point where you have just started to make it past the "Running isn't so bad, I could do this in my sleep,"  part and have moved into actual effort on your part to continue.

As you are trying to breathe steadily you think, "The end seems so far away, feels like I will never reach it." Overall feeling like you should just throw in the towel.....(I could be completely alone here HaHa) 

Though this is the reality of how one (cough cough ME) might feel while facing a challenge this is not a positive mind set to have. Though the finish line might be distant, it is important to remember there always is one. God is sovereign and he has the ultimate plan. 

Sure he may not put you were you want to be, in your bed or on your couch marathoning Netflix (Lets be real, cause that's what we want!) He will lead you to finish where you need to be. Which makes the work and effort all the more better!

Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." 

These words have been so imperative to me as I have started my Support Journey! Just over the past few weeks there has been time of doubt, frustration and dismay with myself as I have been seeking out the Ministry Partners the lord has for me. But scriptures like Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 16:9, Romans 8:28, and Proverbs 3:5-6 that have been encouraging me through it. 

It is important that we cast our eyes up to the hill and pull our hope from the Lord. Acknowledging areas and words of discouragement  in our lives and lifting them up in prayer to our Lord.Only in Him and the community of believers he as given us will we find the encouragement to push forward. 

In reality with God in the forefront, though those first few minutes of a run may be tough, the finish line is closer than it was a moment before! 

Graduation, Now What......Gulp!

Graduation is a few days around the corner. After May 10th my life as an offical adult will be full speed ahead. Gulp....

Many people have already or will soon ask "So you majored in English, what are you going to do with that?" To that I say, Double Gulp...... 

The weight of this question is frighting, how could I possibly know what I want to do with my life, it is hard enough figuring out what I want to eat on a day to day basis. Haha

I have managed to come to a decision though...I am going to try my best to live one year/commitment  at a time. It is just to much to handle when I expand past this. Which leads me to my plans......

As a Spring Graduate of 2015 from the University of Louisville , I will be taking my English Degree and become an International intern with Cru. That's right! I, Shanee Howard, am a commissioned missionary, and I could not be happier! 

Two summers ago I went on my first Mission trip to Lebanon and have felt this calling on my life confirmed since then. The Lord has blessed me in opening my eyes to the need in the World, less than 2% of Christians GO to the mission field. That is a scary statistic in knowing of all of the unreached people in the world. My heart grew heavy knowing this! 

Though I am only one women, God has used me in mighty ways through my Springbreak trips, Summer Missions, and Relationships with others. Living my life on mission, it just Clicks! This is why I must go! 

2015-2016 I will be spending my year serving with Cru in the Dominican Republic! A place and a people my heart is overjoyed to know personally and serve! 

So thus begins my journey.......but first comes Support Raising....TRIPLE  GULP!!!