Now what???

Well I was going to wait till I leave to write this but the planner inside of me just won’t let this question rest. Going overseas has been such a major dream of mine and now I‘m here and just knowing that makes my heart smile. I love it here!! As much as I want to enjoy every moment here and I don’t want anything to take away from that I keep finding myself asking God now what direction do we go in? God has given me small pieces of the puzzle but I find myself without the full picture. Which is understandable if we had all the answers where would the trusting God part come in? I did however what to take some time to share some of the things that has been stirring in my heart.

Although I don’t think at this season in our life God is leading us to serve as a full time missionary in a foreign country I find it hard to think I will not play a part in serving God globally. It is something I am too passionate about and I can’t help but to think it’s a passion God has given me so I feel there must be a reason that it is there. As well Lawrence is so amazing with the locals it really is impressive to watch. He is picking up the language and you see the locals lite up when he says things to them in their own language. You can tell they really appreciate it; he has such a humble attitude when he approaches them and he really takes the time to learn about the culture from them.  He really is so natural at it; I would hate to see this talent wasted. So I go back to the question now what?? Where God are you leading us?? One of the things I feel strongly God speaking to my heart about that I’m really quite excited about is the idea of taking a youth team to experience Africa first hand. I love the idea of taking kids from the North and letting them come be a part of something here. Now like I said earlier I don’t have the full picture of what this will look like, and I’m not saying I’m going to go home tomorrow and start rallying up the youth…….it is however something I believe and trust will one day come to pass. I strongly think when the season is right God will give us the green light for this project and we will begin to build a team of youth from the north to bring to Africa. I never want to do anything out of God’s season so I am more than willing to wait for God to tell us when his timing is for this project. I do however ask that if you’re reading this and it is something that stirs you that you would pray with me. Pray for that open door that God would allow things to fall into place so that this could happen. We need to have people to support the vision in order for it to come to pass.

For myself personally I find it quite exciting to think of what the future holds. God has been so good to Lawrence and I the last 10 years have been filled with all kinds of adventures. I really do look forward to all that God will do in the next 10 years + ahead of us. This time in Africa has truly been life changing but then whenever you open your heart to a child it is sure to never quite leave you the same.  I really don’t know what has shaped us more the time that we are spending here or the time God spent preparing us to come here. In a lot of ways I feel it was saying yes to God and allowing him to mould us to be where he wanted us to be was when the biggest changes took place.  My heart cry has not changed I still say yes to all that God has for us, knowing that all that I am will go further when placed in the hands of my maker. I look forward to seeing all the ‘small pieces’ in my life come to pass, and am glad I could share one of the small pieces of the puzzle with you tonight. I am going to continue to enjoy the precious time I have left here and as much as I would love to share more it is time for me to go and gaze at the amazing night sky here in Africa. Look forward to sharing more when I get home.