here's to you, my friend!

This goes out to my friend Anand! A great friend, a great disciple of God, and now a great missionary to college students all over the country. We should all be as brave, as faithful, as trusting, as hungry for growing the Kingdom as he is. He has just committed to being a full-time missionary for F.O.C.U.S. (Fellowship of Catholic University Students). He leaves in just a couple weeks for training and from there will immediately be deployed to a university anywhere in the United States where he will serve for a required minimum of two years. He will immerse himself, with his 3 other teammates, in student life: eating with them, living with them, doing life with them, worshipping with them, and building the Kingdom with them. This is what we are all called to do: Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20) Anand has found his way of doing just that. He's taking a huge step of faith by doing this just as he did when he came to the U.S. from India and when he started his own business. It can be terrifying and exciting all at the same time - fully trusting and leaning on God and his amazing will for your life! I am so proud of you. I am so proud to call you my friend! May God go with you on this amazing journey and may you allow him to write this chapter of your life for you.