His grace is sufficient

Dear friends,

Well, tomorrow is our team's last day on campus, and then this weekend is the retreat that we've been recruiting to. After the camp, we have a day of debriefing and evaluation, and then we fly back home on Tuesday. I have to say that this trip has been incredible, and I am definitely not who I was when I came here. God has taught me so much, and humbled me in so many ways. I have new and deeper desires to know Him, and even to make Him known to the lost. It's crazy to me that we're almost done here. South Africa has become my home, and it feels weird to think that we're leaving, and that I may never return. But God is gracious, and has given me peace about this, that all that has happened was according to His will, and this season of my walk was exactly as He planned it to be. I am leaving here more and more convinced that my life is not my own, and I willingly offer it up to Him for His use, for whatever He chooses, in order that some might come to know Him, and that He would be glorified.

The last few days have been rough. I have to be honest, my soul is growing weary, and I'm tired. My flesh is telling me to give up, to just coast through these last few days. But a stronger Spirit in me refuses, and cries out to God for the strength I need. His grace is sufficient for me, for His power is made perfect in my weakness. Therefore - I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. I pray that this is my heart's cry, and that God would come and strengthen and sustain me, all the way to the end.

After several back and forth decisions, 2 girls that I've been investing in are coming to this retreat: Mandy and Rachel. Mandy has admitted that she is not a believer, but I think that she could be close to giving her life to Jesus, please pray that she would. Rachel actually might be a believer, and she's hungry to know more about Christ. Please pray for them both, that God would speak to them and move in their lives this weekend at the retreat. And please pray for me, for spiritual and physical strength, and an overwhelming passion to utilize every day I have left in South Africa to know God more, and to share Him and His glory with these women. All in all, there will be at least 150 students at this retreat - please pray for hearts to be changed, for souls to be saved.


"Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory." - 2 Timothy 2:10

Thank you all for your support, your consistent prayers. I am convinced that God has heard and answered them. Thank you for partnering with me in taking the gospel to students in South Africa.

In the One who saves,
Kasey