Lindsey Hostetler

Outline for the next year...

So, ths is my first blog under Mission Year “Team Status”. It is quite exhilarating, I can’t lie. I’ve always found it difficult to write a description of myself really. You know you take those personality tests that ask you to describe yourself in three adjectives? I always fail to answer that question… But if I were forced to describe myself I guess it would kinda go something like this: My name is Lindsey, I am six feet tall I have bonde hair and blue eyes. I’m incredibly outgoing, love talking to and meeting new people. I play the bass guitar and am in love with music. I’m kinda loud sometimes, I care about everyone I meet. I enjoy playing sports and sitting down to watch plays. I’m multi faceted we’ll just put it that way. :)

The last update you got from me, you probably heard me talking about heading to Argentina for Word Of Life Bible College… yeah that was a great and exciting plan until God told me that wasn’t where he wanted me at this time… It was frustrating, and humbling all at the same time. Which is a nice refresher, if you think you are in need of refreshment…. For me, it sucked. I felt like God wasn’t only saying no, He was telling me I needed to stay here. Not that I am against Colorado, but I long to travel, it has always been a desire of my heart, and to travel while bringing glory to God, what could be better??? Needless to say, when God shut the door to Argentina, I thought he was closing the door to missions altogether, and I wasn’t too happy. And yet, God uses the littlest things to catch our attention… My advice, pay attention. :)

I was reading a book called “Starving Jesus” (recommend it to anyone, amazing book) and while reading I ran into a chapter which had a testimony from a Mission Year Alumni. Sure, it caught my interest and I wanted to know more about the program, so I researched their website, prayed, and applied. Hoping this was where God was leading me. Not an hour later, I receive an email from Sarah, the recruiter, saying welcome and thanks for the application, I get set up with an interview in the next two weeks, a week after that I get a phone call saying I have been accepted followed by an email with more paperwork to fil out. And here I am today. 5 months away from leaving wishing it could already be September.

What really caught my attention about Mission year, is that it focuses on the lost, starving people of our own country that are too often overlooked. I really like that about the organization! Oh, and I am SO excited to start my Mission year…. I can not wait!

About Mission Year

Mission Year is a year long urban ministry program focused on Christian service and discipleship. We take teams of young people, place them in an area of need, and help them to serve people and create community. We are committed to the command of Jesus to “love God and love people,” by placing the needs of our neighbors first and developing committed disciples of Christ with a heart for the poor. Learn more about our first year program…

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All the little things... / Apr 7, 09:32 AM

I was doing devotions the other day and I came across this comment in Oswald Chambers’s My Utmost For His Highest:
“…Are you faithful to your idea of Jesus, or are you faithful to the real Jesus?”

This kind of struck me as a difficult concept to grasp onto. If you really think about it, its a hard lesson to learn, or at least for me it is. Why? Because its so easy to get wrapped up in how the world views your walk with Christ. Once you have Jesus in your life as your personal Savior, everyone starts to think that everything should be like rainbows and sunshine all the time. I know that I thought and still to this day think that way sometimes. I’ll ask myself, “If God is such a good, caring, and loving God, then why is there poverty stricken countries, why is there sickness everywhere, why are there abusive homes, why does He allow these things to happen?” I keep coming back to the same answer every time. Yes, God is a good God, He allowed us to make our own choices and because of those choices we made, we brought sin into the world and therefore upon ourselves.

Another thing it is so easy to get caught up in is ignoring God when he is in everything. Not just the big stuff. It’s so easy to overlook the small daily blessing we receive from God, like our good health, our loving families, our amazing friends, relationships they have started over, safe travel, the freedom to worship Him as we please, the capability of putting food on our tables, and having a roof over our heads, to be able to wear clothes that actually fit us, to have pure drinking water, the sunsets and sunrises, the beautiful scenery we see ever day again and again, the stars in the night sky, SOOOOOOO much to be thankful for, yet if it isn’t an attention grabbing miracle we don’t give the glory to God…. It amazes me hold thick headed and stubborn we really are as human beings… That we refuse to give in to say thanks for everything, especially the small stuff. It’s so much easier to have a better day if you just focus o the good. It’s so much easier to appeal to the lost and lonely if you are smiling and talkative rather than pouty or upset because you sat and extra 5 minutes in traffic. This generation needs to change the world…. I’m starting by changing my life and becoming contagious with God’s help…. You wanna join me? Awesome! Starts with the baby steps of enjoying every minute of every day.

Now, I’m not saying there won’t be trials and temptations and bad days…. All of us have those. All I’m saying is instead of focusing on those bad moments, or bad phone calls, or whatever. Focus on the gifts and blessing God presents you with day in and day out. It makes a difference. For the better!

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Butterflies and Daisies! / Mar 27, 10:36 AM

Oh my goodness! It is absolutely gorgeous weather in Colorado Springs today, I love it. It’s a little windy, which is awesome. And it isn’t SNOWING! Thank the Lord!

There are officially 159 days before I leave for Mission Year… Can you tell I have been keeping track?!?!? I am so excited to see what God has in store for the next year. I was reading in my Bible today, and came across Ephesians 6:18-20. A great couple of verses, and I believe that is my biggest struggle is pursuing God through prayer. It is so hard sometimes to make yourself dive into the Word, or a devotional book, but what is harder for me, is to make myself get up early to have that daily time with God…. I am working on it though. I will keep you updated!