Consistency is key.

I am a firm believer in the idea that the mission field is wherever you are, that you don’t need to go somewhere to find people in need. There are people in need of healing and there are people in need of Jesus everywhere, especially in our own backyards. I am doing something a little different this summer though. I am going on a trip to Alaska with Cru (formerly Campus crusade for Christ) I am going to Anchorage to live and work and share Jesus with people there.
I’ve been thinking a lot about consistency lately. Consistency is something God is good at. God does not change. Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not a human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?” Consistency is not something I excel at… especially when I am at home. There are so many things to distract me, and frankly there is something about the comfort of my home that makes me just plain lazy. Jesus often takes the back seat to checking e-mail, shopping to prepare for my summer project or  probably most often… naps. I am definitely human. I definitely change my mind, and I definitely fall short of the perfect righteousness that is my wonderful God.
With that said, I think the biggest reason I am taking this trip to Anchorage this summer is to get me completely out of my comfort zone, to go somewhere that is going to challenge me in every way possible, especially spiritually. I know that I can share my faith here at home, but the truth is that I don’t. God has made it possible for me to go be a light in Anchorage thanks to some really awesome family and friends that have supported me financially and  through their prayers which I am so thankful for. I think I would be a nervous wreck without them. I have about $2300 raised so far thanks to you all. This is about half of the support I need to raise by July, I am praying that God will provide the rest. If you still want to support me,  you can give online by going to: ccci.org/give and searching for my name, Kristen Halvorson