Wow, it’s crazy that my time in Romania is already up.
It honestly wasn’t at all what I was expecting it to be. 12 days in quarantine turned into 23 and every single one of those days I had a choice to opt in or out of what the Lord had for me and my squad. Some days it felt like quarantine would never end and like we were gonna be stuck there forever, but God is so kind and had a plan through it all.
I’m in awe at how God never wastes a single thing.
Every single day I got to ask the Lord what he had for me and how I could love and serve the people around me from where I was; he always had something in mind. I quickly realized that what I thought were limitations and restrictions and confinement were God’s ways of showing me boundless grace. Thank God that his plan is not bound or confined by our physical circumstances! It was a time overflowing with abundant fellowship and worship with my squad. It was a time of intimate revelations and refinement and beauty and closeness with the Father.
I don’t honestly think I can say I’ve ever prayed over a place in such a short time frame more than I did Craiova, Romania while I was stuck in that house. He opened my eyes in the spirit to see this place through his eyes and reminded me of the vitality of intercession for the places I step my feet.
It’s easy to come and to go and to be ready to do a bunch of things but not even think to ask the Lord what his heart is for them and what they truly need. And even though it felt contrary to not be out “doing things” I realized I was doing exactly what needed to be done for that city even if I never left the gates of the house. There were so many visions and prophecies and declarations and tears poured out over that city by me and my squad. And maybe that was way more valuable than going to the streets during those days because that’s what was truly needed–for us and for them.
Praise God that he knows so intimately what every person and place needs and he invites us into partnering with him in that!
The way God burdened my heart for that city made the time I was able to be out in it all the more beautiful and fruitful. Even though my time of doing ministry outside the house was limited, God somehow made up for all of it. He touched a lot of lives, we had a lot of encounters, and somehow everything was exactly how it was supposed to be.
Thank you God for all of it! I’m boundlessly grateful.
April, the fact that you said yes to God and pressed into what He had for you in Romania made your short time there so sweet. And it counted because you just didn’t scatter seed across soil. You intentionally planted it where the soil had been carefully prepared by Him!
“Praise God that he knows so intimately what every person and place needs and he invites us into partnering with him in that!” GIRL YES
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