God, Where Are We Sleeping Tonight?

God is so good! We know this. We have seen God work in our lives from the day we were born until today. We know that God has done big things to get us to where we are today. God loves to give us good things. In Matthew 7:9-11 Jesus teaches us that the Heavenly Father wants to give good things to His children, just as we want to give good things to our children.

I was thinking last night about the last few weeks and all of the really cool things that God has given to us and WOW! it has been a crazy month.

I have compiled a list of only some of the things God has given to us this month. Keep in mind this is not an exhaustive list and this is only for this month.

1. Free internet
2. Groceries on our first night in Osijek (including chocolate milk)
3. Wonderful home in Zadarska 19
4. The opportunity to work alongside other missionaries and gain from their wisdom                                                    
5. Work to do
6. Safe travels to Pozega
7. Good times with the youth in Osijek
8. An accordion concert
9. Massive pizza experience (the thing is the size of a table)
10. Sweet brothers and sisters in Pozega
11. A beautiful hike in the mountains near Pozega
12. An opportunity to see young people surrender their lives to the Lord for the first time
13. Movie night at Zadarska with the kids
14. Opportunity to learn new skills while working with Marion in Pozega (that is right I got to help mortar the floor)
15. Have I mentioned that we have been safe and warm every night in Hrvatska
16. Then he sent us to Pula
17. Travel was safe and unremarkable, except for the amazing view on the way
18. A dress-up tea party                           
19. Great relationships with the people in Pula
20. A beautiful picnic at the Adriatic Sea
21. Sweet worship experience in Hrvatski and English (yay Unity of the body!)
22. A double rainbow
23. Opportunity to worship in an ancient amphitheatre (I also had a solo performance of A Whole New World when Stacy and I went back, there may or may not be an amazing video)
24. Working alongside the body in their houses and the church
25. Getting to know a missionary from Germany who has a heart for raising up the youth, her name is Heidi                                    
26. Knowledge about the foster care that people of this church provide
27. Chance to see people we met on the streets worshipping with us later that evening
28. A day trip to Italy
29. A great day in Belgrade at a women’s conference
30. Sweet home cooked meals from Bozena in Pozega
31. Homemade apple pie (made for us by Alice the American missionary in Pozega)
32. Great kids in Osijek
33. Amazing music
34. An amazing brother in David a missionary in Osijek
35. Chances to just sit and listen to what God has to say
36. Then there was Vinkovci where we showed up with what we had left of the budget (very little) and no contacts and no where to stay
37. A friend at the bar down the street (he gave us free water!!)
38. Hamburgers that were within our budget
39. A hotel that was willing to let us use one of their rooms as our home base (we could leave our bags, but we couldn’t sleep there) for the price of one person per night
40. Oh wait, no we would not be camping out that night you can sleep here and stay for two nights
41. Oh and just to show you how much our God is a God of abundance, he threw in an extra room for free!

Yes, my God is that big.