What Should I Do, Lord?
Submitted by Katie Benson
(This trip has) so far exceeded what we could have imagined!! Every person who went had a GREAT!!! I don't even have words to describe what God did through us and to us!! I just want to thank you for opening this opportunity for us to be able to go and for all of your initial work in the beginning. Thank you.
Also, I wanted to thank you for something else. I know now without a doubt that God is calling me to be a missionary. I don't know where or when or how long, but I have a strong desire to GO. When I was in college, I was afraid God would call me to be a missionary so I avoided the subject with Him (like that's possible!). He then moved me to Fairfield, CA where I became the principal/high school teacher of a small, Christian school. This is where I have been for the past 2 and a half years. A few months after I moved here, God "sneakily" put a book in my hands called Window on the World. Perhaps you've heard of it. It was the teen edition. This book has various countries and gives information such as population, main language, currency, main religion, etc. and some facts about the country. It then lists specific ways you can pray for Christians in the country. I thought, "Wow! For my class, I'll teach them about missions and maybe God will use some of them!" But God had other plans. Over the next two years, He began changing my heart and my desires. Now I can look back and see Him doing it, but during the process I didn't. I'm so thankful He's so patient and willing to take me down paths until I'm ready.
Anyway, when I went on that first Praying Pelican Missions trip last July , all I did was Google the phrase Adult Mission Trip and your website was one of the top ones that came up. I signed up that very day. And I remember you yourself called me within a couple of days and I was so impressed with that. I knew nothing about missions or where to start and your trip seemed so safe and like a good place to "get my feet wet." I knew I needed to at least leave the country to give God the opportunity to work in my life! And work He did!! I came back knowing God wanted me to prepare a trip for us to take...and now on the other side I am amazed at what He did. During the trip last week, God confirmed to me without a doubt that He wants me to spend my life on the mission field.
And so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me to discover who God purposed and planned for me to become. And I ask for your prayers...never in my life have there been so many doors open to me. God has always just led. Now I know what He wants me to DO, but the where, when, how, how long, how much, who with, etc. etc. etc. are still not clear. I have many options to choose from and I want to choose right.
Praying Pelican Missions will always hold a very dear place in my heart. God used you and your staff greatly in my life.
Thank you,
Katie Benson