I am going to Thailand because I consider my life worth nothing; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me...(Acts 20:24).
I am going because I have been given so much and to whom much has been given, much is required in return (Luke 12:48).
I am going because all my life, I have been showered with more love and more security than anyone deserves in a lifetime.
I am going because God's heart is always leading us to help the least of these...the fatherless, the outcasts and the needy whose lives are so precious to Him (Ps. 72:14).
I am going because God's heart is calling us to bring justice to the orphans and to the oppressed so that mere people can no longer terrify them (Ps. 10:18).
I am going because I have parents who love me so much they worry when I take my dog out for a walk at night and call me to make sure I am safe in my middle-class, suburban neighborhood while there are babies all around the world whose own parents sell their little bodies for sex and slave labor.
I am going because I have always known since I was 9 years old that I would give my life away for the Kingdom's cause and have never desired a career just for the money or security.
I am going because the moment I allowed Jesus into my heart at the age of 20, he wrecked it and completely destroyed it for ordinary.
I am going because Jesus wrecked the American dream for me forever until I could no longer dream of being happy with a normal life.
I am going because I want God to continually shatter my own dreams and desires....and lead me into the most narrow and unexpected path for me because that is where my faith will grow the most.
I am going because I am learning to stay attached to God only and to let Him hold my heart always for I cannot allow it to remain in only one place because I never know where He will call me next.
I am going because all I want to do is be in the will of God no matter what that requires of me or where it takes me.
I am going afraid to a country where I can't even speak the language and traveling alone internationally by myself for the first time because I know the Holy Spirit is always with me and He will never leave me (Matt. 28:20).
I am going because I know wherever God ends up calling me to after this trip, I will go...whether He tells me to stay here and be a missionary in my hometown of Ventura, CA, or whether it is to go back to Thailand or another nation---I would do it for Him.
I am going because I trust that God is a loving Father and He gives good gifts...that our relationship is similar to that of a father smiling down at his little girl, asking her okay, where do you want to go next!? And when I tell Him, he says "Let's go and do that together!" (Ps. 2:8)
I am going because for those of you who know my story of the last four years of my life...you know that I have made what may seem to many as pretty crazy, almost stupid, wild decisions to follow Jesus and I thought to myself, hey I'm only 23 years old, why stop now?
I am going to Thailand because if I do not go, then who will?
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"-ISAIAH 6:8
To help me finish raising all the funds for my trip, go to this link to read more and to donate: https://www.youcaring.com/sendcristinatothailand
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