When God says "Follow"

I call myself a follower of Christ. "Where you go I will follow..." I've sung those words about a thousand times but recently realized that not I'm sure if in my heart of hearts I really understand what it means to "follow". 

fol•low 

/fälō/ :go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind

To follow Christ is to go after Christ, to move behind Him.

Recently God's been really pressing on my heart to ask for more, to go after more. He is doing incredible things and He has specific things in store for me and I want to be at His heels, soaking it all in.

Last summer my brother James and my best friend Lael went to a Discipleship Training School in Orlando, Florida, and I got to visit them, meet the staff, and see the campus. Long story short, I've been thinking about going to a DTS ever since and recently God made it clear through amazing timing and circumstances that I should attend this summer's DTS in Orlando also. 

I'm so excited to go out and learn how to come after God in a way I never have before. If you want to know more about YWAM Orlando click here. Going into this trip I'm praying for perspective -I've never really been out of Modesto for an extended period of time- and boldness. I want to share my faith without self-made boundaries of insecurities and doubt in God's ability to work through me, a messed-up mumbler. 

I know God is doing great work, and like a child with his father, He wants to take me to work with Him. He wants to take me out of my ordinary and show me what is really means to move or travel behind Him and to pursue a relationship and time with Him in a very intentional way. I'm also overjoyed to be apart of a specialized "Resound" track during my DTS that focuses on Worship Leading. I can not tell you how excited I am about this. I love helping people meet God in His throne room with music. Ah. So powerful, I could go on and on (but for the sake of this already long post, I won't).

Anyway, I wanted to share with you all what's going on with me, what I'm up to and give you all a chance to be apart! I'll be posting updates on my travels, prayer requests, how I'm doing on support raising (post to follow), and lessons God teaches me along the way. I'm so excited to start this journey in learning to follow.