Joy in the little things...

Sometimes life is harder than you'd like to admit. Or perhaps it's just me... But there are amazing and great days and there are tough lets just make it to the end days.

Regardless, I was driving past Jungle Jim's and Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt today with a friend. And a big smile elated my face these are two things very right with the world. 1 the ability to purchase food from many countries with ease and enjoy a grocery store like its Disney world. 2 cake batter frozen yogurt heaped high with strawberries and blueberries tastes so good.

There are a million little things and life that make life more enjoyable. Sometimes it's just right to take some guilt free time to enjoy them especially if they are hot apple cider, hot cocoa, s'mores, walks on a beautiful fall day, a good flight, frozen yogurt, tasty treats, the company of good friends or whatever comes to heart. Sometimes you just have to take joy in the little things.

Giving

AG launched a new website for giving and its so much better than the previous one!

https://giving.ag.org/Give/Details/700001-276199?MinistryName=Katrina%20Frazee&Page=1

On the road again

It's been a great week of missions meetings in Springfield and then a nice weekend in Tucson with friends. Heading back to Ohio to implement the vision!
We serve a great God who longs to love on us and to see us at our best. If we take the time to remember that we can press forward to new places.

Chasing Life

Ever feel like you are chasing your life? That things are going so quickly that you can barely keep up let alone implement strategy into your life? That is what my year has felt like. Which makes me thank that in what I do I plan for the year the fall before so that the super important details are fulfilled. I never could have imagined that this year would be as complex and difficult as its been, nor would I want to. This years details were planned last fall and Gods details were planned years ago. So glad that God knows what He is doing. Work wise things have been on target and have gone well this year actually way better than I would have imagined. But in my head I have felt behind all year, like I'm chasing my life and it's just going on without me. I know that's not true, but if you went by feelings, that's how I feel.
I'm glad my fall planning season is coming it allows me the time and focus to direct some strategic prayer and practice into the heart of what I do for myself, Jesus and the kingdom. Time to step in front of my feelings and tasks and give some direction and priority assessment. Time to say thank you and love you. Time to look at 2013 and ask the Lord personal questions about what that will look like... Spiritual questions about about what Papa would like to do... And emotional questions on how I can grow and continue to accelerate personally and spiritually. I love autumn. Did I mention jeans, hoodies, cider, hot cocoa, football, brisk air and beautiful trees.

Exhaustion Has Set IN!

The summer is coming to a close and campuses are launching their Chi Alpha meetings across the United States and World. God is on the move! And I am EXHAUSTED! :)  I'm working on catching up my newsletter, blog, prayer cards, etc.  And then to close up shop on summer teams paperwork and launch into the planning season for next year... and in December we have The World Mission Summit 3!  Click for TWMS site! and I can't wait to see what God has in store!!

Stay Tuned!!!

It's a big year! It's a big year and thanks to your prayers and support, God is moving the Chi Alpha groups across the nation to reach out both stateside and overseas!  We are currently at 79 teams heading out so far where last year by the end of the year we had 65 teams total.  God is moving his people to be Fishers of Men/Women! Please be in prayer for our teams specifically from now through the end of the summer. They need prayer for their travel, divine appointments and that their choices and opportunities are strategic and God-led! In June, we'll be doing our 4th year of Infusion!!  This is a great conference focused on chi alpha college students being exposed to the fullness of the mission and what the AG has at their fingertips, but if you have someone from your church who is interested in missions or developing a heart for going, giving, sending, praying and welcoming. This might be a great conference to come to!  Send me an email if you are interested. After tomorrow, the discounted price goes up!! http://chialpha.com/Student-Events/infusion.html This summer, I am taking our largest national team so far to Western Alaska. A group of 20 with a heart to change the destination of an inconveniently lost generation. We'll be there about 2 weeks, and SO MUCH happens in two weeks. This is the third year to go to Western Alaska, this is strategically chosen destination and 5 year commitment. Please pray for us as this is a more rugged kingdom expedition. We will need it. Following the Alaska team, I'll be meeting up with at team in Tucson, AZ for a second year of doing Mega Sports Camp. This population is from from a poor urban area, laced with Sudanese, Mexicans, and other hearts and minds that Jesus longs to pursue deeply. Please be in prayer for us as we are there! In December this year! Plan to join us in Ft. Worth, TX for The World Mission Summit 3!!!! All are welcome, come and enhance your heart for linking deep into the heart of God!! http://chialpha.com/Student-Events/world-missions-summit.html Personally, I'm hanging in there. We still miss my dad and always will so we are making adjustments and crying often, but God is a great God. If you could be in prayer for both my mother and I, she goes for a second round of radio frequency in her neck. Pray that it works and her physical as well as emotional pain is healed. Also, if you could pray for me, I am getting the first of two epidurals in my lower back on Tuesday. Pray that the inflammation is relieved and that I will have no pain during the summer expeditions that the Lord has called and equipped me to lead.  I don't know what I would do without you. Thank you so much for not only being supporters or friends but for being family. Thank you. You're prayers are coveted. Also, as I begin the extreme travel season, you may not receive a newsletter until the end of July. If so, rest assured that God is moving and I CANNOT wait to tell you the testimonies of God's heart and ACTION to extend Himself to His people through your hearts, prayers and sending action. You are loved. Yours for the world, Katrina Rev. Katrina Frazee, M.Ed. Student Mission Mobilization National Chi Alpha Expeditions

How's it going Katrina?

A question I find myself being asked continually. Although the normal answer is "fine or good, how are you?" The real answer is simply a silence too awkward to explain.

It's hard. That's really all. I don't have a bitterness or a hatred to talk through. I'm not angry with the Lord. And I feel like there are certain parts of what has happened certain questions...like the classic why? Or the questions people use to separate themselves from the Lord like why do bad things happen to good people. And although my heart aches and my tears flow every single day. There are certain things that I have chosen to put into the "It's not my business" category. It's none of my business why God chose to take my dad at this particular tragic instance. It's Gods business. Although this sounds harsh this mindset is helping me keep a sovereign God where He is supposed to be reigning and sovereign and it's keeping me in a place in my heart where I'm not second guessing a loving God. My God is good and He is faithful and most of all merciful and loving. He knows what He's doing and why and how it all works together for good. He is God. Don't get me wrong we've had our conversations regarding my loss and selfishness specifically. And all I can say about what I've heard from Him is that I can trust that He knows what He's doing even when I don't. I can walk safe in knowing that He is good and merciful and will even guide the blind and broken hearted.

How am I? I am not God. I am daily humbled. I am walking stone by stone across a foggy creekbed knowing that my God is gracious and will wipe my tears and will reveal each stone at the perfect moment. I will step in each time as its meant to be. In this season, God is very much doing a healing work in my heart and in my moms heart. We miss him every single day and probably always will.

You are loved and your prayers are coveted.