This week I am beyond excited! Almost 2 weeks ago we found out an amazing surprise... which I'll share with you next week! :-) Then Monday we found out that we are licensed for foster care!!!!!!
God has been doing some amazing things in our lives! My dh went with our Pastor to AG District in Indy the 17th and 18th. My dh came back refreshed, blessed, and excited for what God has in store! I was so blessed that he was able to go and get his socks blessed off!! :-) He came home and shared with me that he feels like we are in preperation for the mission field for Africa specifically! Okay I have to back it up a minute because I know I totally lost you (if anyone is reading, lol). My husband and I got married 6 days after I graduated from High School to then a month later move down to Pensacola, FL to attend bible college to pursue what God had for us! We knew shortly after actually it may have been before that we were called to missions. We were unsure where so we prayed, sought God and he showed us! He told us the name Zambia! At the time my dh shared with me that this is where God spoke to him and told us where we were called.. and we actually had to get out a map and question.. are you sure God there is a place called Zambia! Because we had never heard of it before! Well sure enough we opened up a map.. and saw that Zambia is in Africa just south of the Congo! Anyways within a week I was reading a missions magazine and there was an article about Zambia! I continued reading and found out that over 80% of the population is 16 and under because of the Aids crisis.. and that most children are raising children! If you know me at all you know I LOVE kids... they are my passion! Immediately I felt a confirmation in my spirt! Well for the last 5 years we have not really put off that calling we really believe that everything we have done up until this point has been preparation! We kept praying saying Lord whenever you tell us it's time we are willing to Go! After having small children of our own too there are a lot of things that I've definitely been more paranoid about. lol. And so I though well Lord that's great send us when were like 45 after our babies are grown maybe like Heidi baker! I love that woman by the way! She is SO inspiring and I can see Jesus all over her!!! aaahhh. Anyways so my dh came home and said babe I feel like we are supposed to start preparing! I knew instantly that we were and even though it might be a few years down the line till we are there we are supposed to start getting things ready for that season! I was beyond excited yet scared at the same time! Mostly because I felt Lord.. how am I going to do this! Raise these 3 babies, and (?) and (?) and (?) and do (?) and all while homeschooling them, taking care of what you've given me and still loving the motherless of Africa! Did you notice the "I" in there! lol. But it's him that's going to be doing it! I know without a doubt that He is going to use us! And I'm so excited to continue now to be emptied out of myself so that I can be an open vessel and He can use me!!!
As of now I don't know what this next year holds! I don't know why we went through this foster care journey if he didn't intend for us to adopt! I think we still are going too! I'm really really excited to see what he has in store for us over the next year!!!! I am SO ready to be doing everything I was created to do! He is an AMAZING Father who has blessed us over and over again.. he has never failed us.. not once!!!! I am also excited to see what is in store!!! His presence is so near right now! I love this season of complete Joy and just feeling and hearing him! It is good! HE alone is good!!!!!
"You are the Lord the famous one, famous one, GREAT is your name in all the earth! The heavens declare you are glorious, glorious, GREAT is your name in all the earth!!!"
Thank you Father for what you are about to do! Thank you for your presence, for who you are Jesus! You amaze us time and time again! Though we are no where near perfect and we fail you time and time again... you are such a loving gracious dad! You pick us up and you restore us, fulfill us and bring us Joy! You amaze me!!!! Father I am ready to be that open vessel! Rip out everything in me that doesn't please you and fill me with yourself! Help people to not see me when they look at me help your presence to be so strong in our lives and home that when people are around us their lives are changed.. not by religion... but by YOU!!!!! I love you So much Father!! I am in awe of your beauty! And I'm forever changed at your feet!
Love yours always,
Your beloved daughter!!!!!
posted April 2012- It's awesome how we are seeing God's plans and preperation for the mission field unfold! We are so excited to be used by the Lord to fulfill His purposes for Him at this time.. and we know that at some point in our lives we will be ministering over seas! :)
