I finally have a minute and now I am even in the mood to elaborate alittle more on our search to find God's will for us concerning the mission field.
First of all I want to share that we have felt this stirring in our hearts for several years but it wasn't until the trips we made to Guatemala that the Lord started showing us and giving us the desire to serve Him wherever he may need us.We know God will only show us as little or as much at a time what we can handle in order to move forward in his purpose. Guatemala showed us first that God's plans are so much bigger than what we can plan for ourselves and that if doing his will is as awesome as of a reward as we recieved by having 3 months to share as a family in Guatemala than it will definalty be worth it because let my family tell you that No material thing is as good as the peace, love, excitement that the Lord has shown us in the last 2 years even counting all the stress and doubt that we experienced waiting to bring Josie home. I can still remember like yesterday the pain I felt each time I had to see her sweet face saying goodbye to me as I left her there to come home to try to survive the rest of the wait but now as I look back I feel like if we had known all of the greatness and reward God was going to show us at the end it would have been like someone telling you what you most special Christmas gift was before Christmas then your left dissappointed because there is no surprise. That is what faith is, you have to trust that God does have the most amazing gift waiting for you, you just have to be patient and you will never regret it.
So yes we are now willing to follow God again, I am know getting excited, alittle nervous of course, but after so many years of wondering what the big picture or plan is we feel like we are really just about to find out and it is giving me such butterflies. Wow as I said that I felt like a young girl smittin on a new cute guy. Thats so awesome I guess you could say I am smittin for the Lord and can't wait to see Him!
So here is a quick breifing on what is going on. Of course our first desire was to serve in Guatemala, that door was shut for now, then we were offered Haiti, which has an overwelming need and still the door has not completely shut on that, so if anyone has a strong hearts desire for Haiti and would be interested in serving with children there please contact me or Kids Alive International, but because we feel such a connection with Latin America, another door has opened and we feel we have to follow through with that first and see where it leads.
So now..... Next Wednesday we are headed to MEXICO!!! so please say a prayer for us that the Lord will give us a clear direction yes or no and we will just continue to serve even if he just allows us to stay right here in---- and adopt more babies!!
1 comment:
Awesome,
What part of Mexico? My little sister and her family are in Mexico. Is this still with Kids Alive?
We will be praying!!!
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