What is my ONE mission?

"Have you ever asked yourself that question? The answer to that question just may change everything. Your life may never be the same. Most of us walk through life with no purpose, no goal, nothing bigger than us to strive for or head toward. Real living is this: having one mission and giving your life to its fulfillment. Sound exciting? It is!

Having one mission turns ordinary living into an extraordinary adventure. Every moment is an opportunity to pursue that mission and live life to its fullest. It helps to have a singular mission or clear focus in life. It helps us know where to go, what to do and why to do it. It charts our course, sets the direction of our life and provides guidance to all that we do. Your one mission is your one thing—the thing that defines what your life will be about!

As a follower of Jesus Christ your one mission is clear: The Great Commission—Go and Make Disciples! ."- this is from a website, www.onemissionstudents.org !

This past week, I attended a youth camp called Community Rehab in Commanche, Texas. At this camp, we were put into random groups of teenagers from other church youth groups, and we were assigned a house that we would be fixing up for the week! As I walked over to look at the pictures of all the houses to see the one I was assigned to, the first one I see is a house that the front part of the roof is SO close to caving in, and almost all of the paint is peeling off! As I look down to see my group name, I see it is Rowdy Roofers, as i look at the group name on the picture of the house, I see Rowdy Roofers! My first thought, as I realize that, This is the house that I am going to be working on? Seeing this house, you would not even think ANYONE could possibly be living in this house! But God placed ME to work on the house, and now I am so glad that HE did! So, later on Sunday, we meet the people in our group who we will be working  with on this house together all week, and then we go to visit the house! I am telling you, it looked even worse in person! We got to meet the person who lived there, it was a very old man named Bill Hardin, and he was just so sweet and you could see the happiness in his face that we were there to fix His house! Working on this man's house, in the Lord's name was the one of the top expiriences I have ever had in my life so far! Yes, it was so hard not to sit there and complain when it got hot, or my arm got tired from scraping paint for 3 days, but I just had to look at the positive side of things and remember, that I am here serving the Lord, and complaining was not needed!

Everyday after our work, we would come back, clean up, have dinner, and have an awesome time of worship! For worship, the band (who is actually the praise team at my church) would come lead us in worship to God, and then the speaker, Jack B. ( can not remember his last name ) came up and spoke! This year's theme was Let Your Light Shine! This was such a God thing, because I have been praying that Jesus would shine through my life, so it was AWESOME that this was the theme! On Monday night, Jack talked about God speaking to us. He was telling us the story of Abram, and when God called him to leave his home and go where God told him to, Abram got up and left, and did not question God, but he just did it! So then Jack told us that we have to quiet ourselves to be able to hear God's still, quiet whisper. and when we do not hear what God is telling us to do, we are disobeying him! Just like when your parents tell you to do something, and you "do not hear them", and then they have to tell you again, they can get fruustrated! In the same way, we are disobeying him! At the end of that night, Jack challenged us over the week, to listen to God and hear what he is telling us! 

This week was amazing and the main thing that I took away from it was that one of the nights, I listened for God, and I heard him tell me to be a missionary. I am not sure where, but I feel God has placed my heart in a little-known orphanage in Uganda, the Home Sweet Orphange! I have talked with the guy there, I have been praying and I feel God leading me towards this place! And the best part, is this man and the orphanage is Christ-centered and they are helping the children of the area who are orphaned by AIDS! Some people may call me crazy and that this is impossiible and dangerous to go to Uganda, but when it comes to my God,  nothing is impossible and I am living my life for him, and no one else! This week, God took complete control of my life and what ever plans HE has for my life, no matter how crazy they might seem, I must obey him and do what HE is saying!

Matthew 28:19-20
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father amd the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."