Officially Begun..

Today we finally arrive in Kathmandu. What a journey- 20+ hours of travel, then arriving in the morning and having to stay awake all day to try to beat jet lag. When we first arrived we came to the hotel and got all checked in. Then Sarah took us around Kathmandu and we got to experience some pretty crazy things right away. Walking on the road while motorcylces and cars are driving everywhere honking and barely missing your feet as you walk, that is something I have never experienced in the U.S. We then walked to a Buddist temple and it is nicknames "monkey temple" because there are monkeys everywhere. We really were just exposed to the poverty of Nepal and we started to talk about some issues this country faces. We also got to go to Tiny Hands offices. There we met the president, Jon and some of the Nepali staff. We came back to the hotel and were told that we were supposed to split up into small groups and go explore Kathmandu on our own. I went out with anna and austin.. we got lost. We thought we knew where we were going but evedently not. Finally, we gave up and turned around and tried to find our way back home-- and we made it! During that time I was a little anxious being in a new place and purposly not knowing where I was going but it was so good and so fun.

Our team is really starting to grow close together and it is exciting to watch. I cant wait to see what happens with us at the end of this time.

We were told today that we will leave for Pokrah on July 9th and be there for four days. While we are there we will explore the land that will be the dream center and some of the childrens homes there. I have been told its the most beautiful place on earth!

While we are in Pokrah we will also have oppurtunities to go para-sailing, on a safari, ride elephants, and rent motorcycles to drive around. Though I refuse to drive in this country, I will ride and try not to freak out.

Tomorrow we will be meeting Jon for breakfast, starting our Nepali language class, our study we are doing together and a scavanger hunt in Kathmandu. How exciting this journey is!

Please pray for my heart.. there have been a few times I have caught myself getting homesick and I dont want to allow Satan to use that as an attack. I want to use all that I am while I am here and not worry aobut what is to come and people back home. Pray for our team and that we will start bonding and growing closer together and to Jesus. Pray that we will rely on Him daily to be our strength and respond to what He is trying to teach us.

Love you all & Goodnight from KTM :)

Here I am Jesus, Send me.

14.5 hours in a plane, we are in Doha, Qatar! Praise the LORD.

The flight wasnt half as bad as I was expecting and I am so very thankful for that. I had alot of time to pray for loved ones back home that I started to miss. I also got to read a letter from my sweet sister that helped bring a touch of home to me. It's a little after 9pm here and we get on our next flight to get to Kathmandu at 1am and will arrive around 8:30am. The flight will only be able 5 hours-- that sounds like nothing after being on a plane for 14.5 hours.

The team is incredible. So much more than I could have ever expected. I adore each one of them and I am so excited to watch our friendships grow and see what Jesus does with them. Some of us were talking and there is no way that anything but JESUS could unite a group of people like this.

We recieved a packet upon arrival in Houston yesterday... or this morning??..or whenever it was. I am totally thrown off by times I am trying not to figure it out. I read through that packet on the plane and I found out for for 7 days, we as a team will be with a language tutor for one hour each day. I am SO very excited about this. The Nepali language is so interesting and I am excited to dive into it! We will also be traveling around the country alot and learning much about all the issues that face Nepal. Alot of these will be about children, women, and the heartbreaking issue of sex trafficking.

Every so often I feel a little overwhelmed and feel like maybe I went too deep into something I cant handle by coming here. But, Jesus is good, and keeps reaffirming me on why I am here and how good its going to be. I am praying that this trip will expose me to enough that I will come home and not be able to help but to do something about this issue. Atlanta is number one in the nation for trafficking and top 3 in the entire WORLD. Something has to be done, and I feel as though if I dont step up, then who will?

It is so encouraging to be here with 9 students all my age, all of us sharing the same passion and all fueled by the same thing. Jesus is good. I always struggled with trying to figure out why Jesus chose me to be born in the U.S. Why am I not a child in Nepal desperate for food, or a mother in Haiti who survived a terrifying earthquake that took my husband? I may never know this answer. But, I do know that Jesus is calling me to use the blessings He is giving me and the resources that are at my exposure to fight for these children and women. I want to spend my life doing this. And I am praying that at the end of this journey in Nepal, Jesus will have shown me exactly how He wants me to do pursue this.

Love you all so very much. Your prayers have reached me & have been with me.

All to You, I surrender.

There is no place that I would rather be… than here At your feet laying down everything// All to you, I Surrender…. Everything, Every part of me. All to you, I Surrender…. All of my dreams, All of me.// If worship's like perfume, I'll pour Mine out on you. For there is none deserving of my Love like you. So take my hand and draw me into you. I want to be swept away, lost in love for you.// No turning back, I've made up my mind. I'm giving all of my life this time// You're love makes it worth it. You're love makes it worth it all.// -Kim Walker, I Surrender


That song is my prayer for this trip. That Jesus would draw me into his loving arms, and I would truly surrender all of me and pour everything I have out in these 6 weeks. I am heading to the airport around 12:30 this afternoon. There, I will meet with Anna and Austin. Then we are off! First stop will be Houston, TX where we will meet up with the rest of the team, then from there going to Qatar, and finally, Nepal! I am so very excited to see all Jesus has in store for this trip. Please pray for our hearts. Leaving our families and close friends isn't the easiest thing in the world and Satan uses it as an easy attack. 


His love makes it worth it all. Praise Jesus we have something to live for. 


See you in 6 weeks!
~Emilee 

Be still, there is a Healer.

We are now down to just 7 days before I leave and I can hardly believe it. This is a place where I have longed to be for the last 3 years, and as always, God is faithful, and He brought me here. Since the time has gotten closer to leave, there has been a little more nervousness. Through every small detail I worry about Jesus always shows up- either in a song, His word, or through another believer. A few nights ago Satan was really attacking me and I got to extremely fearful. In that same moment Anna (a fellow visionteamer) texted me and crazy things were going on in her life and feeling the same way. In that we were just able to pray over eachother and reconfirm for eachother that this is where Jesus wants us and He is going to do mighty things in and through us. He has provided so much for us and he has remained faithful through this entire process, and I have no doubt He is going to show up in even bigger ways when we arrive in Nepal. These lyrics by Chris Tomlin just resonate in my head for the majority of the day..

"Be still, there is a healer. His love is deeper than the sea.  His mercy is unfailing. His arms a fortress for the weak. I lift my hands to believe again. You are my refuge you and my strength. As I pour out my heart these things I remember ..You are faithful God forever."

One specific prayer request would be the traveling side of this journey:
I get really nervous traveling and being in airports- I dont mind flying at all but I hate going through securtity and making sure I am at the right place at the right time. Sounds silly, I know ;)

So excited about this next season in my life, and I am so excited to make you all part of it.

One Month..

Today marks the one month countdown till I leave. Just 31 days. I am so ready to be there.

Yesterday I recieved my trip itinerary:

Atlanta --> Houston = 2 hours & 14 minutes
Layover: 3 hours & 44 minutes
Houston--> Qatar= 14 hours & 35 minutes
Layover: 5 hours & 55 minutes
Qatar-->Nepal= 4 hours & 40 minutes

In total it will take me 2 days to get to Nepal. I will leave at 3:45pm on June 25th and arrive at 8:35am on June 27th. And for all of you who have never looked at a map to find Qatar like myself- it is near Saudi Arabia.

I get very antsy in an airplane. So that is a huge prayer request that God would just give me rest as we travel.

Thank you for taking part in this journey with me. I can not wait to see all God has in store for me and my team as we are there. Love you all.

Come & Listen..

Over the last three or four days I have struggled with my quiet times and making time for them. I feel as though it is no coincidence that these last four days I have been tired, impatient, easily tempted. I woke up this morning with this eagerness to feel and see Jesus. I have a chair in my room that I sit at every morning to read my bible. So, I sat in my chair and I journaled for about 2 pages. And though it was only 2 pages I feel like it was sitting down with a friend I havent seen in years to catch up. I couldnt stop smiling. I felt his grace and forgiveness over me like I have never felt before. I talked to him about my feelings, and in those moments I was writing He kept revealing to me that Satan so easily uses our feelings against us. He can take them so we dont "feel" God there, then it is easier to skip our quiet times, then we end up falling apart. The first place Jesus took me to was 1 Corinthians 13:12, "All I now know is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me completely." Being incomplete and not being able to live to the standards that are put on me sometimes has always deeply bothered me. Over these last four days I have felt very incomplete because as believers we are completed in Christ. This morning, it was like a sweet and gentle whisper from the Lord, " You are completed in me alone. This life is about me and for me. Delight yourself in me, all else will fall into place." Because when we delight ourselves in Jesus, His desires become our desires. 

I also read Psalm 66:16, "Come and listen, all you who fear God and I will tell you what He did for me." Which led me to the song, Come & Listen by David Crowder. I sat in my chair and just worshipped to this song. I started dwelling on all the things Jesus has done in me and for me since this adventure to Nepal started back in Decemeber. 

When I found the application with Tiny Hands for the vision team I talked to my mentor, Jenni, about it and we prayed about me filling it out and that God would just really lead me. Of course, I was lead to apply for a place on the team. Through this process I just prayed that if I was supposed to go I would get accepted and that support would come in and everythign would fall into place. A few weeks later I got an email from Sarah, our team leader, that I was accepted. As of May 9th, my support is all in. Not only that, but I was given money to take with me and help me buy some supplies I will need. Jesus provided ten times over what I asked. He also provided a friend, Anna. She was placed on the team as well and just happens to live in Macon. We have spent some time together and this friendship was incredible gift from the Lord. He knows what we need, and He knew I would need Anna to hold my hand when we walk away from our families on June 25th. He is good. He is so good. 

"Let me tell you what he has done for me, he has done for you, he has done for us..." 

Fundraiser!

Hello Sweet Friends!


This Saturday, March 24th at 6pm there will be a fundraiser for my trip at Crosspoint Community Church. We are doing a talent show and a mexican themed dinner. If you have already supported me you don't need to worry about paying to get in! I would love to see each of you there! Thank you again for all your support and prayers. They are greatly appriciated and I have definatly been feeling them! Love you all!


~Emilee