First of all, I hope everyone is enjoying their 3 day weekend.
Secondly, I am sorry that I am not a great blogger. I am working on it.
Life has been crazy since the flood. The river swallowed my city and there is still a lot of work to do. All of the city building downtown are being worked on as well as peoples homes. My parents found a new place to live and moved in this past Tuesday. They are really excited about it and God has blessed them so much. They have had so many people give them things for the new place. One person even decided to ‘adopt’ one of the bathrooms and decorate it. It has been nice.
This week, I have started to move as well. (Technically I was supposed to be out yesterday). It is hard to pack up things from my apartment and decide what I am keeping out and what is going into long time storage or to the garage sale. So far, I have taken 1/2 of my things to the garage for the sale (My friend is hosting the sale at his house). All of the big stuff (i.e.- queen bed, couch, TV, table, etc.) So, I just have clothes for work and the few things I have started to collect for the World Race.It is hard to decide what to save. I realized going through my things, that I really didn’t need any of it. Looking back at the different mission trips I had been on and remembering how each person lived without ‘things’. We survive in different ways. Here in the U.S., people might not be able to make it through a day if they don’t have a Starbucks. Elsewhere, people MAY NOT make it to the next day because of lack of clean water. We have so many luxuries and this is what I am having difficulty with. What can I afford to give up? I know I have a few months before I leave, but I need to get into the mindset of being content with the things I have…Family, Friends, Laughter, Peace and most of all Jesus.
Currently there has been a lot of spiritual warfare going on. One of my teammates Renee posted a blog about Satan squeezing his way into out doubt and fears. This time in our lives, we are going to have some spiritual warfare. Satan does not want us to go on this trip. We are going to have people tellus that we shouldn’t go and they don’t support our trip. We are going to hit a peak in fund-raising and not feel that it is going anywhere. I am asking that you would lift our team in prayer as we continue through this journey. It is not going to be an easy one. As the trip gets closer, things are going to seen to spin out of control and we will need support.Someone to hug us or pray with us about different things that are going on. We know that God is in control and his ways are better than our ways. So, please bear with us and encourage us to keep moving forward. I also ask you to pray for the countries we are about to enter. That God would prepare their hearts to hear the Good News.
Race Route:
January – Caribbean – Domincan Republic
February – Caribbean – Haiti
March – Caribbean – Jamaica
April – Southeast Asia – Thailand
May – Southeast Asia – Vietnam
June – Southeast Asia – Cambodia
July – Southern Africa – South Africa
August – Southern Africa – Mozambique
September – Southern Africa – Swaziland
October – Eastern Europe – Bosnia
November – Eastern Europe – Romania
Isaiah 66:18 “For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.
(A sweet memory in Africa- we were singing together at the orphanage- She told me I was her angel. )
