The way God works always amazes me. From my point of view nothing makes much sense, the timing always seems to be off and the piece of picture I can see is blurry. From Gods point of view He is weaving a tapestry and it is exactly how He wants my life to unfold. I submit fully to Him, His will, His way. I only want that in my life, and for my family. I feel so blessed that God gave me a man of Faith who also only wants Gods will.
Six months ago we started talking about another potential job overseas, but both Ryan and myself felt God telling us no, to wait on him. So we put it to the back burner and every time it came up we would pray on it and the same answer returned. Fast forward 6 months and after some seriously deep spiritual house cleaning God broke some bondage, brought some sin to the surface, and Ryan and I both felt like God had accomplished what had been holding us back. Ryan and I both felt released to pursue the job and so we took the leap of faith and put in the application. The process has been a faith journey all the way, but we both felt firmly that God wanted us to go forward and to trust him.
Every time we tried to take up control of the situation we failed but every time we released it to God he took care of everything. Before we were hired he had found an amazing home for our dogs, he had helped us sell many of our belongings, and he still continues to work out the details. Now that we are officially hired we have less than 3 weeks to sell everything including our home, pack up what little we will be taking and get to California so we can fly to our new home in Fiji.
I don't know what God has planned for us there, but I know that God will use us how he desires because that is what we want. I am excited for Ryan as I know that the flying for him will be exciting and I am excited for Ella Mae as she will be reunited with her best friend Kira. I am excited for me because I grew so much in India, so much coming back home, and I know that this will be a time of spiritual growth again.
I am so thankful that God is providing us with this opportunity, I feel so blessed that He is calling us out into the world. I am sad to leave behind family and friends, but I also know that this is not goodbye! Praise God for the big picture that we only see a glimpse of, I can't wait to see where he takes our family from here. I pray that this journey may be another chance for us to add a family member, that God will send us a child who needs a home. Whatever God has planned I know that he will lead the way. There is something really liberating about being free of most of our worldly possessions and setting out with nothing more than our faith and family.
"But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."
Jeremiah 17:7-8
So He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life." Luke 18:29-30
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9
Six months ago we started talking about another potential job overseas, but both Ryan and myself felt God telling us no, to wait on him. So we put it to the back burner and every time it came up we would pray on it and the same answer returned. Fast forward 6 months and after some seriously deep spiritual house cleaning God broke some bondage, brought some sin to the surface, and Ryan and I both felt like God had accomplished what had been holding us back. Ryan and I both felt released to pursue the job and so we took the leap of faith and put in the application. The process has been a faith journey all the way, but we both felt firmly that God wanted us to go forward and to trust him.
Every time we tried to take up control of the situation we failed but every time we released it to God he took care of everything. Before we were hired he had found an amazing home for our dogs, he had helped us sell many of our belongings, and he still continues to work out the details. Now that we are officially hired we have less than 3 weeks to sell everything including our home, pack up what little we will be taking and get to California so we can fly to our new home in Fiji.
I don't know what God has planned for us there, but I know that God will use us how he desires because that is what we want. I am excited for Ryan as I know that the flying for him will be exciting and I am excited for Ella Mae as she will be reunited with her best friend Kira. I am excited for me because I grew so much in India, so much coming back home, and I know that this will be a time of spiritual growth again.
I am so thankful that God is providing us with this opportunity, I feel so blessed that He is calling us out into the world. I am sad to leave behind family and friends, but I also know that this is not goodbye! Praise God for the big picture that we only see a glimpse of, I can't wait to see where he takes our family from here. I pray that this journey may be another chance for us to add a family member, that God will send us a child who needs a home. Whatever God has planned I know that he will lead the way. There is something really liberating about being free of most of our worldly possessions and setting out with nothing more than our faith and family.
"But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."
Jeremiah 17:7-8
So He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life." Luke 18:29-30
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9
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