Passion & Purpose

Today was amazing. I'm still in Colorado at training but today was really cool because the President of our organization came and spoke to us today.
He's a really cool guy and just shared some simple, yet incredibly important truths with us. He reminded us that we shouldn't join this organization simply for adventure, or just to look for a really cool experience but that at the end of the day it is truly a privilege to be able to do what we are doing. With this privilege comes sacrificial costs, and unless we see our Savior as making the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf, we simply aren't going for the right reasons.
He shared a lot of the deep history of our organization and it was really amazing to see all the amazing people that have gone before us as as trailblazers and pioneers and really laid a solid foundation for us, as incoming, new teachers. I was blown away and INCREDIBLY humbled by how The Father has been using this organization to open doors that the average person simply does not have the power to open.
It's sweet to be reminded that I'm becoming a part of something that is bigger than myself. What's so amazing though, and what our organization's President reminded us of was that we have a Father who cares about both the micro things that goes on in our daily lives as well as the macro and things that go on in the world around us. Sometimes we get stuck thinking too much about one or the other and forget that our Father is good, sovereign, and wise. What's even more amazing is that He doesn't need us to help Him complete his plans for the world, but yet He invites us, scrubs, to be a part of what He cares deeply for-the nations.
Our organization president Mr. Davis, reminded us that it is going to be hard, there is nothing easy about what we are setting out to do, yet at our toughest moments and our most joyful we always need to remember that we are NEVER beyond the reach of our Father's GRACE.
In short, I learned a lot today; I'm incredibly thankful to be a part of such an amazing organization, I'm humbled that The Lord want to use a scrub like me, and I'm truly in awe of His amazing grace.

Blessings,
Alysse