Isaiah 6:8

Isaiah 6:8
"Then I heard a voice from the Lord saying,
Who Shall I send? Who will go for us?
And I said "Here I am, Lord, Send me"

This has totally been the beat of my heart for the past year. Puerto Rico stamped the place in my heart as Home. Where my Father wanted me to go and be his hands and feet. To be his heart pumping in my chest walking the streets of Puerto Rico sharing the gospel with his people. Spreading the love of Christ through the streets as wholesome and pure as possible. Our college group at church was planning on going to Puerto Rico on our mission trip over spring break. I really feel like this is where Mike and I are suppose to do our ministry. this feeling is so overwhelming and a bit scary. I've had my own agenda since we were in Puerto Rico. That agenda is that Puerto Rico will be our home. I made a deal with God that if he sent us to puerto rico every year that Mike would become more and more attached to the people, the culture, the children, the need for people chasing after Christ wholeheartedly. That He would feel the urge and the calling to Puerto Rico and he would feel no other lead but the lead of Christ shoving him right in Puerto Rico.

I've had the slap in the face straight from God. Our deal has not been working out quite as I planned. We all thought our trip to Puerto Rico was smooth sailing. That it would work and it would happen and we'd board the plane knowing we are going where Christ wants us. We were a little bit off.

I'll spare you the linguistics...but we're unable to go. For someone who has been waiting since I got on the plane home to get back on the plane and head to Puerto Rico, I was crushed. Absolutely crushed. Don't let my selfish desires fool you....God is showing me his grace and mercy and his hand of protection over mike and I and our ministry at church.

As one door closes, a bigger one opens. Our church (crossroads christian church) Is planting a church smack dab in the Mormon capitol of the world. Salt Lake City, Utah. What a brave courageous move this is for the church. To go into a place where false hope and false truth is preached and people believe. People that are completely sold out for Mormonism, we're planting a church. Not to be a pain in the side of the Mormon community. But to express to them the pain and suffering our Christ paid, willingly, for them too. To show them love, compassion, and truth through Christ. While this opportunity is HUGE and such a great calling, I'm terrified to go.For selfish reasons. Joel told us that when our pastor and the elders went that they almsot felt a demonic presence. I'm not scared of Mormons, I've been close to a few. I'm not scared of spreading my faith, that's what god put me on this earth to do. I'm not scared to get out of my comfort zone, well maybe a little. I'm TERRIFIED of the feeling of Satan when we are looking over Temple Square. I know he's real, I know he's there, and I'm terrified to feel it. It's not a feeling I've never felt before, and that's what scares me.

Putting my selfish anxieties aside...I can't wait. I have people close to me that are Mormon and my heart feels for people lost. I have NO DOUBT this is going to be a amazing experience. I'm so thankful that my church is a church that reaches out to lost people, in a scary neck of the woods! Not that salt lake is some horrifying place. But it's the Mormon headquarters of the world. To place God and all that the one and only book of the bible and none else in a place where 90% of the population is Mormon. Which is sooo totally different from what Christ preaches. I'm thankful that we have a group of elders and our pastor that wants to make changes in this world. and I'm glad christ has placed a desire to reach people in my heart and in my husbands heart. So, if you pray, please pray for us during this time. Pray that Christ equips us for the challenge that lie ahead of us. Pray that we have the audacity to preach the name of Christ boldly, without holding back. Pray that the Holy Spirit guides us and and puts a passion in our hearts to learn about this religion and how they think and believe so that when we go we can preach truth and love to them with Respect. Love. and Truth.

In Him,
Taylor