The first things greeting my eyes
when I opened them this morning were various maps of Africa, pictures of
smiling brown children, foreign scarves, and Ethiopian flags on my walls. Some
mornings I wonder if these things belong to me. Did I take those pictures? Did
I bring those objects home from some faraway place? Why do I have all these
maps?
God has brought me so far in the
last four years. The traces of who I was before God called me into missions lie
in memory boxes in the back of my closet. The changes have been fantastic, and
have surprised me every time.
This month I celebrated my
graduation from nursing school and the obtaining of my Registered Nursing
degree. I can hardly believe it. I never intended to go to college. This among
many other things I have done that I never intended to do. I am at the end of a
goal I set three years ago. God asked me to go to nursing school to be a medical
missionary on a foreign field that would eventually be revealed. Then I met
Ethiopia. It became clear that this was the place I was to go and share His
love as a nurse when I became one. So I returned to America and chained myself
to my books for three years. Nursing school was hard, as it is supposed to be, and
God pulled me closer and closer to Himself as I struggled through it. I
graduated and bought my ticket for Ethiopia, committing to thirteen months. I
took and passed my boards last week. Kayla Emo R.N. And now I wait for August
10th to come.
I am frightened for the first time.
There are so many unknowns about this year. Yet, I remain excited to see what
God will make out of me, how He will change me, and what He will do with me in
Ethiopia. Please pray for me as I prepare physically, emotionally, and
spiritually for this year. There is much to do, but I am trusting in my God, my
provider, who is sending me forth as His ambassador. I fly out one month from
today, and I will be ready.
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
“Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? ”And I said, “Here am I. Send me.”
~ Isaiah 6:8 ~
