Introduction and Arrival

I arrived in Eisleben last Wednesday on the 3rd of October. I had been staying with my family in Niederhall and didn’t sleep the night before because I was so filled with doubt and hesitant about jumping into ministry. On the train, in the typical way the Lord works (some call it irony - I stopped believing in irony last summer) I finished a book I have read twice before and the second to last chapter “The Adventure” struck my heart where I needed it most. To sum it up…
“Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life; gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.” –Oswald Chambers

I dropped out of a university where I was completely happy, doing well and guaranteed a job. My friends where pretty mad at me for even mentioning the idea of leaving because I was one of the biggest proponents of our school.

I walked through my dorm with all my stuff the night of my class’s commitment dinner. My classmates walked through the hall in the opposite direction wearing nervous looks and tidy blue service dress. I was so attached to the academy and my friends that I nearly cried that night (if I did it was only like half a tear). The only reason I had the strength was because of my conviction in my calling and that I planned on coming back. I still hope to go back, but…

“To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth.” –Oswald Chambers

In the last three months I have been on three trips, each an adventure of a lifetime. From Japan to Germany I have wondered and learned. My first trip started last July and the first stop was Eisleben. I ended my travels two nights ago right here and retired to the same bed it all started from. I am thankful to the Lord for my travels and they confirm my decision to go on mission. Even though I am settling in Eisleben till June – the last three months have taught me that I cannot live without adventure, uncertainty and the Lord.

This blog has already exposing more then I planned… your reading the unedited dairy of a missionary. Complete with adventures, successes and failures. My heart goes out to you for taking the time to read it… feel free to write comments on the posts.

“I can do all things through him who gives me strength.” –Philippians 4:13

Blessings, -Taylor