africa testimony

hey everyone. katie once again to write about what is on my mind! (everyone runs away) but right now what is really on my heart is that i am sharing my testimony about my trip to africa this sunday at church. in front of the whole church. everyone. and to tell ya the honest truth, kinda freaking out on the inside. sure sure, i only get what, FIVE minutes? but thats a long time! (trust me i know... i took speech class last year!) but then again when i think about it, its not near long enough to share how and why my trip changed me. like. what in the world can i say to make the people listening even try to grasp everything there is to grasp? so i have been praying like crazy and trying to dig in my Bible to find something to cling onto to get through this the way God is intending it. but then again. WHY am i worrying about it? God is going to give me the words to say, the right words for the people to somewhat grasp the true heartbreak and love that i experienced, and its kind of exciting. just going with the flow. SURE SURE, dont get me wrong, i have some bullet points on where im going to focus in on, but for the most part im just going to speak what is on my heart and let that hopefully touch the lives of the people listening. i pray that the church hears my testimony and wants to make a difference in the same eagerness that i do. i want to help be the change in the world that i want to see, and hopefully (with God speaking through me) others will want to take action and help be the change too.

¹⁵When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?"
"Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you."
Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."

¹⁶Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?"
He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep."

¹⁷ The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?"
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you."

Jesus said, "Feed my sheep. ¹⁸ I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go." ¹⁹Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, "Follow me!"

John 21:15-19