When we arrived in Kryvih Rih, Max and some friends met us at the bus station and took us to the place we would be staying. On the way to the house, we found out there had been a misunderstanding in the price and it was triple our budget. Max assured us, “its ok, we can get everything straightened out tomorrow; I’ll pick you up at 9 am for breakfast.” As soon as we got in the house, we started praying. “God, what should we do?” “We can’t afford this” “Why did you bring us here? We were sure this was where you were calling us to.”
“Be still and know that I am God…” “My children will not abandon you and neither will I” “I did not bring you here for you to fail, I brought you to this place so that I could show up and show you who I AM”
These are all answers that came to us as we were praying. “Okay, God we’ll trust you.” I wish that I could say in that moment that we fully trusted him. We still tried to come up with a plan; we can go to the grocery store for all of our meals.
The next morning, we told Max that we would go to the market and get meals for the day. “That’s nonsense, it’s your first day, and I’ll buy your meals so you can eat with the other mission team today.” Then tonight, after dinner, we’ll help you move to another place. Then we had a full day of ministry at a disabled woman’s home in the morning and an orphanage in the afternoon. At 6:30 that night, Max picked us up with all of our stuff and took us to our new ‘home’. We are staying at a woman’s transition home for orphaned girls entering the real world. There are currently 2 girls in the home, and their leader.
Looking back on these, our seats for the bus and our apartment, they are not something that I would have chosen. They do not seem comfortable at first but in the end they are so much better than all of the other seemingly better options.
Is 55:8 “….For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways”
