Hello
friends, family & Fellows supporters!
I’m so happy
to be able to share with you what has been going on with the fellows
lately. We are currently in Rwanda
fundraising mode trusting God to provide the funds we need for plane tickets.
The Fellows are also continuing to train for our 10k that’s only two weeks from now (eekk) in Charleston. The amount of snow and ice we have gotten has not helped
our training schedule. We are also continuing to learn how to do Morning Prayer
and enter into the same type of worship that Christians did hundreds of years
ago. I am looking forward to our last two months, soaking in all that the
Fellows program has to offer. I cannot believe how fast the last 7 months has
flown by!
Even more
importantly than what I am doing with the Fellows is what I have been learning.
The theme that has been popping up over the past week over and over again is
JOY. The Fellows received a devotional
book by Jon Piper about the fifty reasons why Jesus came to die and the entry
that stood out to me was entitled “to gain his joy and ours.” God has been
teaching me that joy is not dependent on my feeling. Joy is not dependent on my
circumstances. Joy is something that was acquired at the cross and is a gift to
me that comes with salvation.
Hebrews 12:2
says “For the JOY set before him He endured the cross…” Jesus joyfully took on
the cross so that our joy could be complete. That is incredible! I am able to
live a full and abundant life because of the joyful sacrifice that was
made.
Joy is
jumping on a beautiful beach in Florida,
Joy is
endless laughter on Tuesday night dinners,
Joy is
playing monopoly when all the power is out,
Joy is
cooking dinner together,
Joy is so
many things…
But
ultimately …
Joy IS Jesus
Christ.
Love Always,
Emma Ball
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