Leaving the 99 

This ATL month showed me God’s heart is after the one. He brought 6 people into a mountain away from grocery stores, coffee shops, towns, and churches to pursue and love one lost beautiful sheep. He took us away from the 99 to focus on one. This sheep is so close to the gospel. It was a hard month. It was slow, and steady and my American mind craved having a busy schedule. At times I felt like I wasn’t doing enough or being enough for God. Slowly, I accepted that God was really after one and using us to find her and proclaim who Jesus really is. She was more than worth it and I felt like I understood more of who God is. He is intentional. He is kind. He absolutely will use 6 strangers to pursue one and he doesn’t find that inefficient or wasteful, so I won’t either. In fact, it was effective and purposeful. We each got to share different parts of our testimonies and brought different strengths to serve her. I will miss the slowness of mountain living and what it taught me.
Goodbye Topojan. Kosovo next.