I don't know what I'm doing: May 2016

Hello all!

I have been trying to write a blog over the past month on all that has been happening since my last update on moving to LA. Since then, I've served at a Revival Alliance conference, Azusa Now (a prayer and worship event that took place in LA with over 100,000 people!!), I have been working updates for Iris, helping launch a video podcast, and really settling in here. It is really wonderful how we have become family within Iris Media and love each other so well. The journey has been tough but we have been pressing on together and it makes it all the more worth it.

I have been praying for years about becoming a yoga or fitness instructor and really felt that direction from the Lord, but have been waiting on the right timing. Moving to LA, I really felt like God was speaking to me about pursing yoga and was randomly offered unlimited yoga classes for cleaning the studio twice a week! That has been a dream and I am falling in love with yoga! It has been a great escape from the busyness of internship and LA life and living with 5 other girls! I've been really able to connect with the Lord on the yoga mat and hear His voice and feel His joy and strength so powerfully.

Now the big news.... The original plan for the internship was going to Mozambique for 3 weeks. This is still the plan for most of the interns... but when my leaders heard of my heart and passion to be a missionary in Africa, it was arranged that I would stay on our base in Pemba, Mozambique for 3 months!!! I will be able to accomplish so much more for Iris Media and especially for our Stop for the One sponsorship program! There is so much happening in Mozambique with Iris and there is so much that needs to be captured on film so that God can be glorified!

I will be leaving for Mozambique in a month!! So there is a lot to get done before then! I am finishing up a video update on the drought and famine in eastern Africa which has been a lot of work because of the importance of getting the poor and the hungry fed! Then am heading off to Redding, CA to train with some Iris Media staff for filming in Africa and will also attend Bethel Church's Creative Conference! I am really believing for a lot of breakthrough in my creativity before I head out to Africa to lay my life down and truly pursue my dreams for media!

My passion for media is that it is the best way to get your message to the MASSES! And to be able to preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in Mozambique and show the world what God is doing. It is a DREAM COME TRUE! I know that this is JUST THE BEGINNING of the incredible work God is doing with me.

All I want to do is give the Lamb the reward for His suffering, all He has done for me, I want to do for Him. I will go lower still in laying my life down at the alter so that He may be glorified fully and truly in my life. He is worthy of it all. I am so in love with Him and I will go anywhere so that His Kingdom would come and His will will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

So I need a lot of miracles to get to Mozambique for 3 months this summer! PLEASE PRAY FOR ME! for

PLANE TICKETS!
Traveling expenses

Visas
Vaccinations
Supplies

A new computer

I desperately need a new computer to be able to work on videos in Mozambique. My current computer is about 7 years old and I can't even update my iPhone on it! Or even update Google Chrome.

Traveling money
Money for Redding trip

So I am believing God for a lot very quickly. I'm leaving for Redding on Sunday, May 15th until about May 27th and will return to LA to pack up all my stuff. I will leave some things in LA but will be flying out to Mozambique from Chicago so I can see my family before I go!

I know Jesus said in Luke 9:3, Matthew 10:9-10, Mark 6:8 to go out and bring nothing with you. And in Luke 22:35.."Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered." So when I feel foolish for not having anything but knowing God has called me to go, I remember what JESUS said. Go with nothing. So, here I am following the words of my Savior, believing every word He has said.

I think this may be the best update I've ever written. I'm so in Love with Jesus.

So PLEASE PRAY FOR ME! Pray for protection, for blessings, and for lots of money.

If you would like to support me financially, you can give to me over Paypal (email shootingesther@gmail.com) , send me a wad of cash and/or checks in the mail, or just buy my plane tickets or a new computer.

I love you so much! Thanks for reading and being invested in what God is doing in my life! I am so grateful for all of you!

Here is a little update I posted on Facebook!