what's in a name.

“Katie.

How about that.

Can I call you Katie?”

So my name is a little difficult for the average Spanish speaker to say.

Normally I get Keilin or Caleb, both of which are Spanish names, and I know people here with those names, so that is what most people tend to say.

But that’s not my name.

Once I explain that there is a “T” in my name I give up and they can call me whatever comes out.

Not Elmer.

He decided to give me another name.

Katie.

At first I was like yeah whatever, that’s fine. Cause my dad calls me that and a few other people have called me that at some point of my life.

The weird thing is that even though there’s a T in it, its so much easier to say than Kaitlen. Cause there is a equivalent: Katy. Which is pronounced Ka – t.

One of the main reasons I'm here right now is because God used a book. About a young single girl, who went to Africa, to follow a desire that He put in her heart to serve the orphaned, widowed and starving. He spoke to me through her testimony and way of life.

And her name?

Katie.

It didn’t hit me until a couple weeks after I was given that new name.

She started her ministery by seeking God and following Him where he would have her go. She is just like me, and anyone else.

I took a leap of faith, just like her. And God blessed her. And my time here has been such a bigger blessing than I could ever imagined.

No one is better than anyone else because of what they have done.

It is simply God in them,

Following Him where he goes, and obeying where he leads.

I thought I could never be like her, serving God in such an amazing way.

But that nickname reminded me that she is just as much a human as I am, and that God can use me for His work and glory, just as much as he has and is using her.

God’s plans are so much greater than anything we can plan ourselves.