I’ll Go Anywhere, I’ll Do Anything (WR Summary)

I told the Lord, I’ll go anywhere, I’ll do anything – just put me where You want me

And so, when He called, I went

And I did things I’d never done

 

Taught English in a classroom without lightbulbs or heating

Lived in a tent on the side of a mountain

Carried rocks and sand to make cement for a new house in a village that trucks couldn’t reach

Hiked for an hour in the mountains to visit homes and pray for strangers-turned-friends

Sat in rocky dirt until my legs went numb, because that’s where kids wanted me to sit with them

Held hands covered in dirt and tears

Let my hair get braided and braided and braided by little kids

Presented a cake-baking lesson at a kids’ carepoint, with over a dozen onlookers

Danced on stage and sang on stage during different church services in different countries

Prayed in a church made of no more than crooked wood posts and rusty sheet metal

Raked compost and planted green beans while listening to conversations in a language I had no comprehension of

Danced in a city park with strangers made friends

Sat on a broken bucket to join a church service in a town dump

Taught and explained English idioms and common sayings to a roomful of ESL learners

Had conversations in so many coffee shops

Ate meals where I had no idea what I was actually eating

Hosted minute-to-win-it games for a college orientation (no, really)

Prayed for healing in a Southeast Asian McDonald’s late at night

Served as a human jungle gym for orphaned and fostered kids

Soaked my clothes with sweat and rain from working outside in inescapable high heat and humidity

Researched and drafted curriculums

Ate fresh-cooked food sitting on mats around a fire in 90 degree weather

Danced to kids’ worship songs in other languages

Decorated dorm rooms for a Christian youth camp held in a majority-Buddhist country

Sat in on a Bible study held under a lofted house in a village

Sang worship karaoke on a cross-country bus ride

Checked in with friends from other countries while being in still other countries

Talked with guides and visitors at temple grounds

Played with kids in a village before watching the Jesus film with them via a projector

Prayed for people on the street

Hugged strangers like they were friends

Faltered and failed in speaking different languages

Walked on cobblestone streets and dirt roads, broken sidewalks and narrow country paths

Smiled at people on streets I’d never see again – and received smiles in return

Prayed and worshiped for hours in countries foreign to me – on rooftops and balconies, in offices and hotel rooms, in open fields and on beaches

 

Packed all my belongings into a couple of bags every few weeks to do it all over again

Spent hours upon hours in planes, cars, trucks, vans, buses, tuktuks – all to get to places I never thought I’d ever see with my own eyes or step into with my own feet, even places I didn’t know existed

But I told the Lord I’d go anywhere, so I did

I told the Lord I’d do anything, so I did

And He did put me where He wanted me

So now I just want to live that all my days

Because there’s truly nothing better than living with hands completely open to the Father and His will

Working with the Lord in His harvest field, from His love and for His glory.