A twelve year old writing down a list of her dreams in a store bought notebook doesn't seem like much, that is until eight years later when the same twenty year old girl gets to take a pen to that same list and mark it off. These are the feelings that overwhelm me as I go into this new adventure. People say that "home is where the heart is." If that is true then I find myself not embarking on a strange land, but getting ready to return home! The other day I looked up the definition of the word dream. The definition was all about the dreams we have when we're asleep. It amazed me that without God dreams are really just something that only our wildest imagination can think up, but with God, dreams can become a lifestyle! God allows us to not only think up these crazy adventures, but he makes them far greater than we could ever imagine.
One morning this summer I was sitting at a table at The Swamp drinking coffee. My coffee spilled on top of an old notebook that I had in my book bag. While I tried to wipe away the mess I realized that the notebook was my Dream Journal. When I opened it I saw that number three on the list was to run a camp in Africa. Two days later Jeff informed me that I had been accepted to go to Africa for Swamp Corps. Since I was twelve God has allowed me to have this dream and has been more than faithful to it. In these last few days I can't help but just be so incredibly grateful that the God we serve is a DREAMER!!! I can't wait to add to the Dream Journal after this new adventure and twenty years from now to see what God has done. The saying goes "Go big or go home"....I say we Go big before we get Home! Believe it. Dream it. Live it!
-Emily Shapiro
Asheville Ministry
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