Open the eyes of my Heart

     Experiencing other cultures is vitally important to your faith, in my opinion. It pulls you out of your comfort zone, (Which is totally cliché right now, but think about it. You’re literally in a zone of the world and you need to physically get out of it) and pushes you to see how other people around the world do things.       In a world that is becoming postmodern I have learned to cherish my values, to cling to the body of Christ, to abandon legalism in order to truly understand the Gospel, to be open to different doors God may be opening, to think before I speak, and to understand that Gospel credibility to other people is through my relationships with other people (how I love them).      I have seen a different, but just as able way to do church. I have recognized how real the Gospel is and how worthy it is of my entire life. I have been to some of the latest, biggest parties I’ve ever experie...

It's amazing to watch God change someone's life completely. And the beauty of it is the Domino effect. He speaks, someone listens, someone hears, something begins, and before you know it, the Gospel begins to influence everything we do. What a blessing. Here's what I've been up to (Thanks to the big man upstairs): On Friday night, Michael took Jared, Abbi and I to the red light district of Frankfurt. If you know me, you know human trafficking is a touchy issue for me because of SOS, Moldova, etc. Walking into the red light district was hard, yal. Everywhere you looked there was a sign advertising good sex, sexy women, good dancing, or a picture of a naked woman. The whole block was lit up with red lights, and every window had its own red light, signifying another woman whose life has been stripped away from her. 'Prostitutes' kept eyeing the guys we were with, beckoning them inside. While walking along the street, I kept seeing 'classy' business men c...