Esther 4:16 "Gather all the Jews in Shushan, and fast for me."

Today, the Bible College proclaimed a fasting day. It reminds me so much of the book of Esther, where she needed to go before the King, even though she could have been killed by going to him without being called for and invited. So Esther told her maids, Mordecai, and all the Jews to pray for her, to fast and ask God to give her favor.

Well today we are doing the same thing, sort of...We chose this day to fast and pray for our trip to Korea, that God would go before us and prepare our steps as we go and minister to this country and its people. We want to be blessings, so we are asking the Lord to guide us on how to be blessings in a country that we dont know about.

Now we dont pray to bend the arm of God, to make sure He can hear us (because of the great sacrifice of food! lol), but we pray and fast so that we can bless God. We give our time and need for food to the Lord, and give it as an offering, praying that it would be a sweet smelling aroma to Him. I love fasting days, even though my flesh doesn't. It somewhat forces me to notice not just my desires, but God's desires and His will.

So please pray for our trip too! We will be leaving a week from today, April 8th in the morning and then coming back April the 15th. We are going to have a great time ministering to the Korean people, but it will be great to get some kimchi too! mmmm....i fell in love with it last semester! cant wait!