To God Be The Glory!

Wednesday. The middle of the week. The day that creates the hump you have to get over to get to the weekend. The perfect day to update you on some amazing things God has been doing.

We mentioned in the first couple of blogs some prayer requests and have not been very faithful in keeping you, our readers, updated on their progress. Well there is no time like the present to do so:) You have been praying for God's leading and guiding, as have we, and He continues to guide and pave the way to Mozambique. Our finances our currently sitting at around $11,500--Praise the Lord! We, as some of you may know, have rented our house out for the time that we are gone to someone that we trust very much and we are able to leave our belongings here....so no packing! And just today the Lord sold our car! We have been praying and were completely aware that the sale of our car would be nothing that we could do. It took a stray cow and a fence to help....no one was hurt thank the Lord, but as a result someone was in need of a car. The amazing thing to me is that God knew all along how the car was going to sell and to whom. A good lesson for me that worrying will help in no way, trusting is really all you can do..something I will need to remember time and time again I am sure. So today we are giving God the glory for all He has accomplished for our trip up to this point, and what we know He will do in the future, and we will keep trusting in the 33 days ahead here in Canada and the 184 we will have in Mozambique. Please continue to pray for the people of Mozambique and the missionaries that we will be working with as they prepare for our arrival. As well there are still some last minute decisions the board and our field directors need to make in the next couple of days, for our trip, so please pray for wisdom for them and that the decisions made would be to the glory of God. Thanks again for praying with us and for us. Your prayer support, and financial support, have been greatly appreciated!

Lists....Christmas and Otherwise

We can hardly believe that Christmas is only two weeks away!  Time has really been flying by and usually this time of year we are busy decorating our house and baking up a storm.  However, this year we had decided with heading to Mozambique after Christmas and having to travel a lot over the holidays, to say good-bye to friends and family we won't see for awhile, we would keep it really simple.  This is probably the best thing we could of done as we have seen our stress levels take a dive and have time to really focus on what Christmas is really all about and the true reason we are following God's leading to the mission field.  When all the distractions are removed all you see is a innocent child coming into the world with the purpose to save mankind. Don't get me wrong I love all the decorations, baking, Christmas carols and of course the anticipation of gift exchanges, but many times those holiday extras distract us from the real reason for the Season.

Speaking of distractions we have had a few over the last month which is why we have not posted in a while.  It seems that the closer it gets to our departure date the more things that begin to cloud our vision.  It was about two weeks ago that I sat in our bedroom and stared out the window and thought are we really doing this?  I mean can we get this all ready in time?  I started to feel discouragement seep in and thought why did we decide to do this so quickly no one would have blamed us for taking our time.  Perhaps we should have left in the spring or next summer.  Now  I would love to tell you that I had one of those amazing spiritual moments where God spoke to me and right there and then I knew that everything was fine, but in reality I just got up and got to list of things waiting for me.  Sometimes there is no audible voice to help you wade through your doubts and unbelief....sometimes there is just a list to help you peer past your distractions and continue to walk in faith. (as a side note, as I look back over the last couple of months of preparation I cannot hold on to one single doubt that God is leading this voyage.  He has provided time and time again...sometimes just in the nick of time...but without a doubt He cares for us and I know He will prepare us in His time for what He has for us)

So if I may challenge you to something it would be to peer past the distractions of the season to Christ the Saviour who came to save you and me.  Make this Christmas and the rest of the year a true celebration of His birth and His life.