Within the last month, I’ve gone to two church camps and helped at VBS. Both sadness and gratitude have filled my heart. Within just the last couple of weeks I’ve gotten to witness people come into relationships with Jesus, be obedient in baptism, and accept calls to ministry and missions. I’ve often found myself in conversations with God that go something like, “These people are my family and they’re flourishing! Thank you, Lord, for how I get to see You at work in the lives of those around me!” But at the same time I also think, “I’ve only been here for 2 years, and now I’m leaving for 9 months? Make it make sense God!” The truth is, I love Oklahoma, it’s home to me. God is so evidently moving in and through the people around me, and because of that I find it more and more difficult to want to leave.
However, I’ve been reminded that God is the same God in Oklahoma that He is in Guatemala, Cambodia, Eswatini, and South Africa. People are accepting salvation, being baptized, and entering calls to ministry & missions all over the world.
God cannot be confined to a singular location or people. He is omnipresent and continually moving His Kingdom forward.
At one of the camps I recently went to, we sang a song called “Son of Suffering”. Some of the lyrics are,
“There's a God who weeps.
There's a God who bleeds.
Oh, praise the One
Who would reach for me, even me
Sing hallelujah to the Son of suffering
Hallelujah
Your cross, my freedom.
Your stripes, my healing.
All praise King Jesus.”

The God who weeps is the same God in New York and in Berlin.
The God who bleeds is the same God in Los Angeles and in Seoul.
The God who reaches for us is the same God in Chicago and in Moscow.
The God who suffered the cross for our freedom is the same God in Tulsa and in Nsoko.
The God who’s stripes are our healing is the same God in Boston and in Siem Reap.

While I have been blessed, far beyond what I deserve, to spend the last 2 years here in Oklahoma, I can’t wait to experience how the Lord is moving all over the world. All will praise King Jesus.