He is always FAITHFUL

1 Thessalonians 5:24 (MSG)
23-24 May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body—and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he’ll do it! ( That he will finish the work he has done not only in us but also in the lives of the children in Zambia.)







I love how the Message Version says it. "If he said it, he'll do it.!"



There have been so many waves that have come and gone as we have been taking steps toward making this journey to Zambia. Waves of fear, doubt, feeling alone, restlessness, lack of control, good-byes and in the beginning even denial.

Just as sure as those waves come though comes; faith, knowing, being held, peace, surrender, eternal purposes and acceptance. More than ever at this very moment I have this deep knowing and REST that He is completely able.


Now just because we KNOW that HE has this.. doesn't mean that we are asked to not take continued steps. We still are to continue giving an invitation for those to join in what HE is doing. This whole time He has been confirming in me that as we step out in faith then he WILL move. As we continue to fix our eyes on HIM that HE will provide. He already has the people in place he wants to use to reach these specific kiddos in Zambia. Each one. 

So just as it's been difficult it's been easy to rest and be at peace and not try to figure out the math and how we are going to get our selves there. It's not about us. So it's left in His capable hands. So many times and I am guilty of this myself; we put him in a box. We tell him what He is able to do. When really if our eyes are on Him he shows us just how capable He is to do way more than we could even hope for.



We are preparing to head out for training tomorrow morning. We had a little hiccup this morning so thankful for being able to be flexible and just roll with it; we will be heading out in the morning. We plan to drive to Lebanon, Kentucky and stay with a Pastor and his sweet wife thanks to " A Candle in the Window" ministry. Then Saturday we will drive to Union Mills, NC where we will settle in to our apartment (eeeeeeeeeek.. so excited). Orientation begins on Sunday and we anticipate so much meeting other families who are going through similar journeys. We are ready for the next leg of this journey.




While most would look at 33% supported as not much(monthly and start up costs), we are encouraged because though we aren't at 100%; Our support is growing at a steady rate and we know that the Lord already has it all figured out. We are officially OVER a THIRD of the way to being FULLY supported. How AWESOME is our God. Completely awesome and completely capable.  When we were first handed our budget I doubted that God could even bring us THIS far.  What little faith I had. I'm thankful that this process is a faith growing process.  In the beginning of our journey we were asked if we could have someone hand us over a check with all the money we needed (or have a wealthy relative you didn't know leave you a large inheritance) or go through the process of support raising what would we choose.  My honest answer was; give me the check. Now I look back and it was just an ignorant answer because the Lord is using this process to grow my faith as well as teach me to trust wholly in him.  That and THE people who have been brought on our team are amazing people who have encouraged us SO much. Who we have also had the opportunity to love on and encourage as well.  God's got the perfect design and as easy as the other option may seem.  He has us do everything for a purpose. 




We cannot wait to share with you our experience as we go to CIT (http://cit-online.org/). Please continue to lift up our family in prayer during this transition. Pray that the first week goes better than we could imagine. Pray that the Lord would continue to lay us on people's hearts. This last week we had a sweet lady call us out of the blue. Someone we didn't know but she heard our story through someone in her Bible Study. It was such a blessing to us to hear about people advocating and sharing what the Lord is doing in and through our family.




Here is our online page ( www.kidsalive.org.fuller )and we would love to meet up with you when we return home from training to share our hearts as well. We are looking for people, businesses and churches who will partner with us on a monthly basis from now until we return home (we have made a 3 year commitment). We would love more than anything to have your family come along with us on this journey.