Last week was a very rough week for me. My asthma had been the worst it has ever been. Tuesday night I was feeling really weak and I had come down with a cold and fevers. I am feeling so much better and healthier this week, Praise God!

I was also missing home last week. I think last week was when it officially hit me that I will be away from home for 11 months. It is so different living in community with others that are not your home. I had started to realize that I haven't been able to act myself around others because I am now living with people that are not my family or aren't yet my close friends. I know this will change. It just takes a lot of time and team bonding to feel more comfortable.

Most of you who know me well know that my mother and I are very close. We hang out or do a lot of things together weekly. I still live with my parents back at home. My mom and I run a lot of errands together whether they are important or we are both just bored and want to drive around. 

Well last Tuesday night during worship on the rooftop, I was realizing how much I would miss my family and hanging out with my mother this year. I had a moment with the Lord and surrendered my worries to Him. The Lord, knowing that I was would miss it, had spoken to me. He asked me to surrender my fears and worries to Him. I did. I grabbed a friend near by and asked her to pray with me over that and for my health since I could barely stand because I was sick and lightheaded. 

After she prayed with me, I sat back down on the floor behind my squad worshipping and just spent a few quiet moments with the Lord. He spoke to me while I was sitting there. 

"Katelyn, I love you. I am here and I would love to have you run important errands with me this year just like the way you love to run errands with your mother."

"Wow, okay Lord! I am here and I trust you." 

I woke up the next morning and continued the rest of my week, asking God what errands we had to run together. I asked Him how I could partner with Him this week, day by day. 

I just love this so much! I love how the Lord used something so simple to compare how I could partner with HIM this year, extending, equipping, building up, and serving in and for His Kingdom and for His Glory. This world is so desperate to encounter the LOVE of JESUS! 

How can you run errands and partner with the Lord this week? Would you open your heart to Him and allow Him to care for you? Do you believe His word as He promises that all our fruit comes from Him?

He lives within us, and His love dwells in us when we become believers of Christ. Therefore we can be workers approved by God. (2 Tim 2:15)    

Ephesians 2:8-10 "God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago."

Hosea 14:8 "I am the one who answers your prayers and care for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me."