Feb
Quote of the Week
by Andrea in Random
“The greater the difficulty to be overcome, the more will it be seen to the glory of God, how much can be done by prayer and faith.” George Muller
This quote is encouraging to me when I am tempted to get overwhelmed, feel hopeless, or just give up on prayer for our house to sell…or for God to provide financially for us to go to South Asia for two years. George Muller’s faith is so challenging to me. He actively lived on faith in God’s provision for many years, dependent only on God to bring his ministry to people’s minds as worth supporting. He prayed for specific amounts and sometimes for needs that would have to be met that very day without knowing how God would choose to provide. And God always provided. Sometimes, he provided a time of waiting to grow Muller’s faith, but He always provided.
Lord, keep me faithful in prayer and keep me looking for and acknowledging your provision in whatever way it may come. Give me boldness to pray for things that seem impossible if you are leading me to pray.
Feb
Quote of the Week
The Lord will protect you now and always wherever you go. Psalm 121: 8
What a comfort this is to me as we are preparing to move to South Asia! And what a comfort during any time of transition. God’s protection is greater than any distance, time, people, circumstance, developing country, government. Wherever I go–whatever I do–I have His protection.
Feb
Keep in Touch Stationary
by Andrea in Random
My friend Suzanne is giving away free stationary at her blog, Keep in Touch Stationary. You should check it out!
Feb
Feb
You May Kiss Your Bride…
by Andrea in South Asia, Things Women Understand, Wedding
Drumroll, please…It is finished!
Not the selling of our house, or the packing up of our house, or the fundraising.
THE WEDDING SCRAPBOOK!
Finally, it is finished. 3 years, 3 months and 24 days of marriage; 3 scrapbook binders; 2 photo albums; 5 rolls of double-sided tape; 3 gluesticks; lots of trash (including the extra invitations, programs, bits of cards, photos); and a sore back from sitting-on-the-floor-instead-of-at-a-table LATER…I have completed our wedding scrapbook and disposed of the trash that it generated.
My life is a tiny bit simpler and my office is a tiny bit more organized and straighter. And, my list of things to finish before February/we leave/sell our house/move out of our house/ is now minus one! I SHOULD be dancing around celebrating!
But what do I do afterward? Cry buckets.
Why, you ask? Well, see. There’s a crazy grief that comes with moving to a different country that sometimes manifests itself in unexpected ways. So, here we are.