To stay in a place, a moment, a relationship, an embrace...
Church is over...I'm out the side door and on my way home. Worship/Quiet Time is over I'm up and onto the next thing on the list. There are many reasons I don't linger in relationships, but the main are commitment and intensity. Hugs....it's just not who I am, I am not a physical touch person...so I give the one arm tap on the back quick and let me go kind of hug. There are few times I can remember being reluctant to leave anything...I'm usually quick to run to see what's next or experience something new. Nothing has ever appealed to me for a very long time...I get bored easily...my attention is fleeting...my ideas of what I want are constantly changing....I don't linger!!!!
Well, then there was Jesus! And over the last 7 months, I think He is showing me the importance of staying in a moment...like when He is speaking, Or a relationship...to know who I am in Him, A place....like His presence, or an embrace...because there is nothing like the love of Abba. I definitely find myself hungry for these things to be my very attachment to life...my life support. I want His Word, His love, His presence, and my identity in Him to be the things that keep me going....to be my very breath of life. For my life to stop when these things are not present, and for me to have to reconnect to move on to move forward. I want to linger in everything He has for me, and I definitely want to be reluctant to leave His Presence, and His embrace. I want to grow in a way that these moments of lingering become my own outward expression of who Christ is in my life.
Lingering, was a joke to me for quite a while because God placed someone in my life who loved to linger especially in an embrace. I just didn't understand the purpose, and it made me highly uncomfortable. Oh the way God moves in ways we never could of imagined. I still don't linger in embraces, it makes me awkward. However, God is definitely revealing to me the importance of the purpose to sometimes just.....
BE STILL AND KNOW.
Know the love and very intentional purpose He has for us in all things. Especially, things He ordained to be apart of our life. Like, people He puts in our path, who know the importance of lingering, and can teach us more than they ever know even in an awkward embrace! :-)
Dip, pronounced Deep, is a four year old little boy outside of
Kolkata, India in an orphanage of 13 young Sons of God, also known as
Asha Mission. When we arrived at the orphanage, this little guy caught
my attention and grabbed my heart quickly. He was relatively new to the
place, and seemed to just be heart broken as he would stare off into
nothingness with sad faces quite often. I was able to get his attention
off the daydreams long enough for him to laugh and smile, and welcome
in the heart of someone who was there to care for him. That same night,
one of our first nights, he fell asleep in my arms.
There is just something precious and beautiful, about a
child asleep in your arms. My heart had been stolen that night.
However, I soon discovered that everyday we went back I was going to
have to work a little for him to open up to me. He always did, but it
always required work. I just decided I would use every ounce of energy
within me to love on him. I decided regardless of whether or not he was
receptive to my love I was going to pour it out upon him. I loved this
little guy, and nothing was going to change that!! I was ready to pack
him up, and take him home with me, and just shower him with love and
blessings!! I was ready to give up everything for this child. He made
me laugh, smile, and brought me so much joy. I looked forward to going
and spending time with him everyday.
I'm sure by
now most of you have read into this enough to know I was reminded of the
Father's love for me. The fact that He has to remind me of His love
shows He is willing to work on our hearts daily for us to be open and
receptive to Him. He gave up everything for us, and He delights in us.
He loves when we come and spend time with Him, and longs to pour His
love out upon us. My Father, has shown me He is faithful, and His love
is real. If I could love Dip, with a love that I felt had no
boundaries...how much more does my Father love me!!! The Father's love is Dip,
pronounced DEEP!!!
pictures by Kasey Brinson....www.kaseybrinson.theworldrace.org
Hello, from Kathmandu, Nepal!!! Nepal is a beautiful country, and we have an amazing contact here, Pastor Megh! I am writing because as many of you know at the end of this month we have our FINAL support goal to meet. That's right by July 1st we have to be considered fully funded! That is all $14,300 must be either in our account or pledge to be in there by the end of the race. I am $4,000 dollars away from this goal. Now, you can see why i have titled this the way i did. However, this is what i know! I serve a God who is faithful. A God who i believe, has called me to this race, and I believe he will provide accordingly.
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6
The last five months have been amazing, and God is doing so much around the world in the lives of His children. There is still so much more work to be done, but it has been an incredible blessing to my life to see how He is moving worldwide. My life and relationship with God has grown by leaps and bounds. My life looks totally different than i ever imagined it could. Our God is truly an amazing God. He continues to search, break, stretch, use, and lead us so he can continually fill us with himself just so we can be emptied again. Everytime He takes us through this process we begin to look more and more like the person He created for His purpose. It truly is a beautiful thing, refining! I love what God is doing in me, and the way He uses that so I may pour into the lives of others. I believe God has so much more planned for the next 5 months of this race, and I can't wait to see what that looks like! I can't even imagine what month 11 will look like, but i can't wait to get there and reflect. Yet, all the while making sure I am living in every moment He gives me here! Words just seem so inadequate for the heart of gratitude I have for Him and for all of you that go before the throne on my behalf! I thank you deeply for coming along side me on this journey, partnering through prayer and finance. You have sewn into the Kingdom, and it's amazing how much of that has been revealed in my life over the last 5 1/2 months.
the best way to donate is by mail:
Adventures In Missions
P.O. Box 534470
Atlanta, GA 30353-4470
Please include on the checks for Misty Anderson.
You can also click the support me link at the top left of this page! God bless you all, Love You Deep!
A few of my teammates still need support as well, this is our breakdown!
Me: 4,000
Berdien Ephraim: 2,000
Kasey Brinson: 3,200
Brianna Arnold: 1,800
Justin Warren: 700
Please lift us up as we watch for God to reveal himself to us even MORE!!
Wow, wow, wow!!! I'm not sure where to start Malaysia was an amazing month on the race, quite possibly my favorite at this point! However, before we dive into Malaysia, let me first go over a few things that went down in Australia before we left. Our squad came together in Darwin for a few days, and new squad leaders were appointed and team changes were made. Thank God for 50cent ice cream cones at McDs, and a night spent in the value inn to ease the stress of these few days!! Cause you know me, I'm a high stress personality...haha. Anyway, our team really didn't change too much. Our team leader Jake Morris was appointed squad leader and we were given a new team leader, Justin Warren. Our team remained the same other than those switches. So with this small change we moved into Malaysia, with a new team name as well, Fruit of the Groom!! We were seeds now were fruits growing and changing is what the race is all about so it suits us well!!
Penang, Malaysia, I never heard of the this place prior to getting the info that our team would be located there for a month. However, I fell in love!! With the people, the atmosphere, the ministry, the scenery, the food, everything about this place was amazing. Kuwan, Door of Hope, Pragnin Mall, Queensbay Mall, Fort Cornwallis, Roti Canai Egg Onion and Cheese, Iced Black SWEET Tea, Kassim Mustafa, KK Budget Hotel, Bella Italia, Felix, White Coffee, Chai Tea, PenHOP, PenHOP staff, 30 hours of prayer, Worship, and The most awesome manifest presence of God that I have ever experienced!
Penang, with all the struggles was incredible!! For without the struggles I would still be in a pit that I believe im being lifted from by My Savior. He is tearing down some walls in my life, and I say let the walls come down so He can be built up in my life!! As we worship, build Your Throne!!!
I want to live under the influence.....Awaken to His presence.
Wow!! So i must first start off by apologizing for being horrible at writing blogs!! I am going to do my best to be more intentional about getting information to you about what's going on out here. Currently, I am in India but I need to back up two months, and let you in on what happened in Australia. This blog will be dedicated to my time spent in the land down under!
I was able to find Dr. Pepper which made me extremely happy until I noticed it was $3.20 per can. We drove a 27 yr old Subaru Sportwagon for the month as part of our transportation, and the gas pedal liked to stick at all speeds but most interesting when you are going through the mountains at 120km/hr. Yes, i did drive this vehicle, and since everything is backwards in Australia when driving it was most interesting!! Google Coffe Works, amazing experience! The scenery in Australia has by far been the most beautiful!! I ate kangaroo as well as hunted them...kind of, ask me about that later. Saw beautiful waterfalls, gorgeous ocean shores, and Misty Mountains!!! The exchange rate is 1 USD to 1 AUS, however as you can see most things cost 2-3 times as much as they do in the states.
For our ministry this month we stayed in a small town known as Mareeba, and were at the base of a mission organization for indigenous people. We basically helped reorganize the base and the lives of the people in charge of this ministry. We were able to go into Mt. Garnett, an Aboriginal community, for a week. There we slept in tents outside of a small Assemblies of God church, and met up with Pastor Snow. This Man of God was so full of joy it was definitely contagious when he was around. I cherished the time we spent in Mt. Garnett building relationships with local youth and church people. We were able to help kick off a youth program within in the church, and from updates received since that time God is working there. Wevpraise him for what He is going to do in Mt. Garnett, and for the people who stepped up to the call to serve Him in that area.
We returned to Mareeba after a brief stop in Cairns, where some of the team went out to the Great Barrier Reef. One of our last days in Mareeba, Carl Musch, the head of the ministry and the home where the base was stationed took some time to pour into us. He presented to us a message, that i feel burned in me for weeks to come, and possibly is still stirring inside of me. The rest of what I have to leave you with are just my random thoughts on that time, and how God is working it into my life.
Genesis 28:
16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it."
Hummmm....I'm not even sure where I want to begin or if I even know how to collect all my random thoughts on the above statements , but here it goes.
I want to live my life under the influence of the spirit. I want to know that when I go into a place that the presence of God goes with me because his spirit is alive in me. I don't want to have to be awakened to His presence any longer nor do I want to find myself realizing His presence was in a place and I didn't know it. I want to be in tune with him and what He is doing and where he is moving!! I also want to be a part of the movement. Carrying his presence into all the world, as He flows out of my life. I want to be a world changer after all that is what I set out to do on this trip. I believe it is only by the power of the spirit of God that we will see these changes. So as hard as it maybe in whatever settings we find ourselves to live as we know the spirit of the lord is present, I want to be confident that his word says he always with us. Therefore wherever we may roam in our lives we take with us his presence which also means we take with us his power to
And the greatest of these...is love. I long to find myself in a place where I love without abandon. A place where I can not be offended or offend. A place where my every action and reaction comes from the Love of Christ in me and that being my very nature to return to others.
This was Australia!!
I will edit and add pics later the current connection is too slow.
Her name is Tina. A 25 year old heroin addict on the streets in phnom penh, cambodia. She sat waiting for the dealer to come make his round so she could numb the heart of her pain. The sight of her on the street, broken and hurting, left me broken in return. I was able to share with her my story, as a former addict I know there is a God of restoration, who truly values us, even in our mess!! I shared this message with Tina that day, I also let her know that He calls her beautiful.
I had a hard time telling her that we love her, God loves her, and yet leave her in the streets. I knew the options to do more weren't really something i could fulfill with the resources in Cambodia. My heart was broken for her, and yet overwhelmed with gratefulness for the people God brought into my life to shine light into my darkness. The people who remind us that what God says about us is far more important than what the world says about us or what we think about ourselves!
The spirit reminded me as my heart continued to hurt for Tina of Mark 11:1-7.
Can't you just hear, Christ saying that day to those two disciples see i don't have the way of cross, the goverment, hypocrites on my mind--cause you see something of MINE IS TIED UP ---yeah TIED UP but HE'S MINE. He's got some things on him but he's mine, he's not loosed yet but he's mine, haven't been able to use him yet but He's mine. He doesn't understand YET that I know him, I knew him before i knit him together in the womb, I know where they've been and where they are...and I still hold Jeremiah 29:11true for them, everything we have come through or been through is not without purpose unless we choose to reject OUR PURPOSE, and that purpose is bigger than OURSELVES. Therefore, it Must be HIS. Tied up can't get ourselves free....but Shouldn't we take some comfort in the fact that HE KNOWS WHERE WE ARE even when we don't know where we are, or understand why we are even there. There is still a GOD in HEAVEN shouting out I HAVE NEED OF YOU!!!!!! Just as He knew where that colt was tied up that day...I believe He knows where I'm tied up now, and what exactly has me tied there, but today I also believe He is saying I see you there tied up, and oh yeah you have tried to move, you have tried to get loose, but when you are tied up you can never get far. Yes, you can have some movement in your life, but you never move far. So Yeah you're tied up but guess what I've sent people to help you to help set you free...cause I HAVE NEED OF YOU. And then they LED THIS COLT TO JESUS...and HE SAT ON HIM. TO RIDE OUT HIS PURPOSE???? Their Purpose???
So glad He sent us into Tina's life that day to let her know He has need of her!! Just as He had need of me even in the middle of my mess! So thankful for the people he continues to put in my life when I get tied up to loose me and bring me to Him, and my heart overflows for the ones He sent in my darkest moments!!
Far above Rubies and Pearls is the value he has for us!! Please continue to pray for Tina, because The Lord has Need of Her!!
He put a Song In My Heart....
Psalm 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
She is a daughter of the King
As broken as she may be
Her life in shambles and shaken
Yet to her heart He has taken
And he calls her beautiful
And he calls her beloved
And he wraps his arms around her to help her rise above it
Empty is the offering she brings
Nothing to lay at the feet of a King
All He's given she has spent
Yet he whispers for you my son I sent
And he calls her beautiful
And he calls her beloved
And he wraps his arms around her to help her rise above it
He restores the broken
fills the empty
turns nothing into plenty.
As he sings over her again,
You are Beautiful
Oh my Beloved
In my arms you will rise above it.--Misty Anderson
Thailand has reminded me, just how far He has brought me. It has reminded me we are never alone, and in times when everything around us is screaming out for something other than Christ...He sings over us and draws us unto Himself. Thailand has awaken the song that Christ gave me to remind me of what He is capable of a doing. A nation that seems to be led by empty worship has a Savior singing over them longing to restore them, fill them, and bless their lives with His abundance. I believe as BlueTree has written, "Greater things are yet to come and Greater things are still to be done here." I believe there is a generation rising up that is hungry to be filled with something real, and as the message is shared, songs of hope and restoration will fill this land.
Today I had the privilege of standing in honor of Chad Young, a 25 year old solider from Rochester, IL who was killed in Afghanistan on November 3rd. As his processional made it's way from the airport to the funeral home, I was humbled as i thought about the fact that this young man went, and fought for our freedom with his life. I am so very thankful not only today for those who serve us but always. I was also reminded of our Savior, who voluntarily gave up his life so we may truly know Freedom.
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free Luke 4:18
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galations 5:1
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. Galations 5:13
Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God's slaves. 1 Peter 2:16
So many amazing scriptures out there describe how God wants us to live in the Freedom he has given us through the cross. The privileges that our available to us through Freedom in Christ are abundant. The simple fact is Christ paid with His life for my absolute Freedom and for me to live any other way than free, is dishonorable!!
My prayer today comes from this:
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galations 5:1
That I will no longer live burdened by the slavery of sin that once held me captive, but to know that Christ has paid the price for me...and proclaim that to all the world. For This Freedom, I Will Stand and Fight!!
Linger-to stay reluctant to leave. 
