Almost every
continent we have had an “Ask The Lord” month. Each one has turned out unique
and God has shown up in pretty cool ways. This time blew my socks off!
We talk a lot
about God opening and closing doors. When we prayed about where God wanted us to
go He closed numerous doors and opened one BIG one in Croatia. So off we went.
When traveling through Germany we were faced with the question of what to do
for the 3 days we had without ministry but before final debrief.
After prayer we
felt like we were supposed to go to Vienna early and do a mini team debrief
before the big final one and that we were supposed to find an international
church and encourage a woman who was wearing red and blue. I also got the song by Dido “It’s gonna
be the best day of your life.”
Once in Croatia
we were slated to work for 2 weeks at a center for mentally and physically
handicapped individuals. We
completed the first week and on Friday we were informed that do to a
miscommunication with management and ownership, we were not invited back. We
were informed that we could go on Monday and say goodbye and that was all. So
we prayed about what we were supposed to do and felt led to Vienna a little
earlier than expected.
We began looking
up international churches, hostels and transportation to Vienna and the
surrounding area. I emailed several churches but heard no response. We looked
up hostels only to book one and find out they were closed for renovation. We looked up ways to get to surrounding
villages and Avis car rental had NO cars for rent in Vienna during the time we
needed them. When Sammie was doing research all websites stopped working except
the chat box she was using to chat with Tim. We needed to print of
transportation maps and the printer stopped working. This sounds like the swoosh of a closed door.
So on faith we
decided to book our bus tickets to Vienna and see what happened from there.
Luckily God decided to give us one lead. Team Tikvah was in Vienna and had
heard of a Mercy House of Prayer. They gave us the email and address. This was
all we had to go on. Tim emailed them but heard no response by the time we got
on the bus at midnight last night. Five hours later we would arrive in a cold,
dark, rainy, windy city with no idea what to do or where to go.
