All Things Work Together For Good

At the start of the year, I set a goal to keep praying and asking God to show me the path He wanted me to take. I thought I would be doing something bold, like serving as a missionary in another country for a year. I had the desire, the experience, and what I thought was the right timing. But as the months went by, I began to sense God leading me toward starting my mission work right where I was, in my own community. To be honest, I felt confused, even frustrated. It felt like my prayers had gone unanswered, or at least misunderstood. But in obedience, I followed where God was leading and stepped into a role with TCM.

During the first week of camp, I had the chance to teach the campers about Moses. We talked about how God used his 40 years in Midian to prepare him to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land. That story hit me in a new way. I began to wonder, “Could this season at TCM be my own Midian ?” A time of preparation before God gives me another mission in the future.

Each day at camp stretched me. Whether it was comforting a child, staying patient through exhaustion, or praying with someone who was hurting, I found myself depending on God in new ways. And as I served, God began shaping me from the inside out. He grew my compassion, deepened my faith, and uncovered gifts I hadn’t fully recognized before, like leadership and a passion for discipling young people.

I realized that ministry doesn’t always begin with a grand mission in a far-off place. Sometimes, it starts with quiet faithfulness in the small things and simply saying yes to where God has placed me today.

This camp has become a training ground that God is using to refine me, stretch me, and show me that His purpose for my life goes far beyond what I can currently see.

As Romans 8:28 says,

“All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”

I’m learning to trust that even when the path looks different from what I expected, it’s always leading to where God wants me to be.