These Elves are the most adorable things I have seen.
Everyone who sees them falls in love with them.
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Friday, November 28, 2014
What I am Stitching this Christmas
These Elves are the most adorable things I have seen.
Everyone who sees them falls in love with them.
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Sunday, September 7, 2014
Why Do We Do What We Do???????
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| Photo by Laurie Hanson Thompson 2005 |
Psalm 139:13-14 NASB
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to You,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
A group of ladies from Baker Heights put Birthing Kits together to send to Zambia for the 2014 Medical Mission.
Some people ask, "Why don't you put this and that in? Why? Why?
It is hard to comprehend the poverty that the majority of Zambian people live in. How do we as Americans comprehend what it must look like for 80% of Zambian people to live on $2.00 a day or less? A lot of Zambians do not even have that $2.00. Their survival depends on what they can garner from the earth.
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| Copyright by Shelia Holmes |
For most Americans it is impossible to understand that the clothes on some Zambians back maybe the only clothes they own. When one looks at their feet, they are often bare.
How do we as Americans understand that the field mice they catch may be the only food they and their family have for the day?
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| Copyright by Shelia Holmes |
How do we really realize that a lot of the water they have to drink and cook with is the same water they bathe in, wash clothes, cook with, animals drink from, and they carry on their heads for miles to get it to their village?
Most Americans just do not have a knowledge base to understand.
The first time I went to Zambia I was so overwhelmed by the extreme and widespread poverty. Seeing truly is believing. It has changed my perspective. And I thank God.
Back to the birthing kits. What good can a piece of plastic, a scalpel, two pieces of string, two pairs of rubber gloves, two anti-bacterial wipes, four gauze, soap, a baby blanket, a tiny baby cap, an HIV/AIDS pamphlet and an Intro lesson the WBS do?
The plastic can provide a clean place for the mother to lie on to birth her baby. The rubber gloves can keep germs off the baby and out of the mother. The wipes can clean the birthing site as well as hands. The clean string can be used instead of dirty elephant grass or a dirty rag to tie the cord. The clean sterile scalpel can be used to cut the cord.
The sterile gauze can clean the baby's mouth, eyes, ears, etc.
The gauze can help stop some of the bleeding of the mother. The HIV/AIDS pamphlet can inform them and others about AIDS prevention and the Intro lesson to WBS may very well lead them, as well as others to Christ.
Think about what happens when they do not have these things. They have a dirty birthing site, dirty hands wiping the eyes, mouth, and nose of the baby. They have dirty hands handling the cord and using dirty elephant grass to cut the cord. Possibly they will never learn about AIDS prevention.
How will they hear if no one teaches them? Remember the majority of the people in Zambia have no Bible.
Many women have to trek to hospital on foot or go by bike while heavily pregnant. Some women who live in more remote areas cannot even make it to a health facility in time. These women are frequently forced to give birth at home in unsterile conditions and with little assistance.
Zambia suffers from an excessively high maternal mortality rate of 591 deaths per 100,000 live births. More than 50% of Zambian women receive no postnatal care at all. http://blogs.unicef.org.uk/2014/02/18/children-commonwealth-zambia-babies
Why take the time to gather supplies and make the Birthing Kits? Maybe we will get to be a tiny part of some ones precious birth. God knows the unformed substance of these children and He knows the number of their days. Maybe we will be a tiny part of God’s work in Zambia. Maybe He wants us to have the privilege of helping one of these babies survive so it can grow up to serve him.
Some may have heard the story of Wellington’s birth on the side of the road on the way to the clinic. His mother and grandmother birthed him, wrapped him and carried him on to the clinic. Look what God has done with Wellington. What if he had not survived?
I am reminded that God does not need anything from us.
In Acts 17:24 The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;
Verses 26-27 sums up why we take the time and trouble to put together a simple Birthing Kit and go to Zambia.
26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;.
The focus is not on what we are doing, the focus is on what God wants us to do. Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.
Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,.
God does not need us to do His work but He blesses us by allowing us to participate in His mighty work. Thanks you God.
For a free Bible study go to:www.bigcountry.worldbibleschool.org
Why Do We Do What We Do???????
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| Photo by Laurie Hanson Thompson 2005 |
Psalm 139:13-14 NASB
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to You,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
A group of ladies from Baker
Heights put Birthing Kits together to send to Zambia for the 2014 Medical
Mission.
Some people ask, "Why
don't you put this and that in? Why? Why?
It is hard to comprehend the poverty that the
majority of Zambian people live in. How do we as Americans comprehend what it must look like for 80% of Zambian people to live on $2.00 a day or less? A lot
of Zambians do not even have that $2.00. Their survival depends on what they
can garner from the earth.
|
| Copyright by Shelia Holmes |
For most Americans it is
impossible to understand that the clothes on some Zambians back maybe the
only clothes they own. When one looks at their feet, they are often bare.
How do we as Americans
understand that the field mice they catch may be the only food they and their
family have for the day?
|
| Copyright by Shelia Holmes |
Most Americans just do not have a knowledge base to understand.
The first time I went to
Zambia I was so overwhelmed by the extreme and widespread poverty.
Seeing truly is believing. It has changed my perspective. And I thank God.
Back to the birthing kits. What
good can a piece of plastic, a scalpel, two pieces of string, two pairs of
rubber gloves, two anti-bacterial wipes, four gauze, soap, a baby blanket,
a tiny baby cap, an HIV/AIDS pamphlet and an Intro lesson the WBS do?
The plastic can provide a clean
place for the mother to lie on to birth her baby. The
rubber gloves can keep germs off the baby and out of the mother. The wipes can clean the
birthing site as well as hands. The clean string can be used instead of dirty elephant grass
or a dirty rag to tie the cord. The clean sterile
scalpel can be used to cut the cord.
The sterile gauze can clean the
baby's mouth, eyes, ears, etc.
The gauze can help stop some of
the bleeding of the mother. The HIV/AIDS pamphlet can inform them and
others about AIDS prevention and the Intro lesson to WBS may very well lead
them, as well as others to Christ.
Think about what happens when they
do not have these things. They have a dirty birthing site, dirty hands wiping
the eyes, mouth, and nose of the baby. They have dirty hands handling the
cord and using dirty elephant grass to cut the cord. Possibly they will never
learn about AIDS prevention.
How will they hear if no one teaches them? Remember the majority of the people in Zambia
have no Bible.
Many women have to trek to
hospital on foot or go by bike while heavily pregnant. Some women who live in more remote areas cannot
even make it to a health facility in time. These women are frequently forced to
give birth at home in unsterile conditions and with little assistance.
Zambia suffers from an
excessively high maternal mortality rate of 591 deaths per 100,000 live births. More
than 50% of Zambian women receive no postnatal care at all. http://blogs.unicef.org.uk/2014/02/18/children-commonwealth-zambia-babies
Why
take the time to gather supplies and make the Birthing Kits? Maybe we will get to be a tiny part of some ones precious birth. God knows the unformed
substance of these children and He knows the number of their days. Maybe we will be a tiny part of God’s work in Zambia. Maybe He wants us to
have the privilege of helping one of these babies survive so it can grow up to
serve him.
Some
may have heard the story of Wellington’s birth on the side of the road on the
way to the clinic. His mother and grandmother birthed him, wrapped him and
carried him on to the clinic. Look what God has done with Wellington. What if
he had not survived?
I am
reminded that God does not need anything from us.
In Acts
17:24 The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of
heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He
served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to
all people life and breath and all things;
Verses
26-27 sums up why we take the time and trouble to put together a simple
Birthing Kit and go to Zambia.
26 and He made from one man every nation of
mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed
times and the boundaries of their habitation, 27 that they would seek God, if
perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each
one of us;.
The focus is not on what we
are doing, the focus is on what God wants us to do. Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world
and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 He who has believed and has been
baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.
Colossians
3:23 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for
men,.
God
does not need us to do His work but He blesses us by allowing us to participate
in His mighty work. Thanks you God.
For a free Bible study go to:www.bigcountry.worldbibleschool.org
Sunday, June 15, 2014
I Am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Psalm 139:13-18 NASB
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to You,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the
depths of the earth;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
How precious also are Your
thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would
outnumber the sand
When I awake, I am still with You.
We recently put Birthing Kits together to take to
Zambia for Medical Missions.
Some Americans said, "why don't we put this and that in,
why don't we do this or that?"
They do not understand the poverty that
the majority of Zambians live in,
the majority of Zambians live in,
$2.00 a day or less is what 80% of them live on.
Some do not even have that $2.00.
For most Americans it is impossible to understand the
extreme poverty that a large percent
of the people in the world live in.
of the people in the world live in.
They just do not have a knowledge base to understand.
The old saying, "seeing is believing" is so true.
The first time I went to Zambia I was so overwhelmed by the extreme, widespread poverty. When I came home,
I could hardly bare to spend money on clothes or shoes.
I definitely had more than the clothes on my back
and many pairs of shoes in my closet.
I was not walking around barefooted.
I still have a lot of trouble with that.
My closet has a lot less clothes than it used to.
There are not near as many shoes as before.
I have more than I need.
Seeing truly is believing. It has change my perspective.
And I thank God.
Many Americans do not understand laying down
on the cold dirty ground to deliver a baby.
They can not comprehend why we need to send
a few simple items in Birthing Kits.
What good can a piece of plastic, a scalpel, two pieces of string, two pairs of rubber gloves, two anti-bacterial wipes, four gauze, soap, a baby blanket, and a tiny baby cap do?
What good can those items possible do?
The plastic can provide a clean place for
the mother to lay on to birth her baby.
The clean string can be used instead of dirty
elephant grass or dirty rag to tie the cord.
The clean sterile scalpel can be used to cut the cord.
The wipes can clean the birthing site as well as hands.
The sterile gauze can clean the baby's mouth, eyes, ears, etc.
The gauze can help stop some of the bleeding of the mother.
The rubber gloves can keep germs off the baby and out of the mother.
Think about what happens when they do not have these things.
Dirty hands, dirty birthing site, dirty hands wiping the eyes, mouth, nose of the baby.
Dirty hands handling the cord and using elephant grass to cut the cord. On and on.
Thank you Father that I was born in America.
But most of all Father, Thank you that you have allowed me to travel to Zambia four times to have my perspectives changed.
Thank you Father that you formed my inward parts;
Thank you that You gave me the Mother you did.
Thank you that I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Thank you Father for writing the days of my life in Your book.
O, God how can I comprehend the depth of Your thoughts of me?
Thank you Father that You are still with me when I awake.
Father God, thank You for giving me another year to live and serve You.
In Jesus Christ Most Holy and High Name I Pray.
Why take the time to gather supplies and make the Birthing Kits? Maybe, just maybe we will get to be apart of some ones precious birth. God has already known the unformed substance of these children and He knows the number of their days.
For A Free Online Bible Study Click Here:
I Am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Psalm 139:13-18 NASB
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to You,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the
depths of the earth;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
How precious also are Your
thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would
outnumber the sand
When I awake, I am still with You.
We recently put Birthing Kits together to take to
Zambia for Medical Missions.
Some Americans said, "why don't we put this and that in,
why don't we do this or that?"
They do not understand the poverty that
the majority of Zambians live in,
the majority of Zambians live in,
$2.00 a day or less is what 80% of them live on.
Some do not even have that $2.00.
For most Americans it is impossible to understand the
extreme poverty that a large percent
of the people in the world live in.
of the people in the world live in.
They just do not have a knowledge base to understand.
The old saying, "seeing is believing" is so true.
The first time I went to Zambia I was so overwhelmed by the extreme, widespread poverty. When I came home,
I could hardly bare to spend money on clothes or shoes.
I definitely had more than the clothes on my back
and many pairs of shoes in my closet.
I was not walking around barefooted.
I still have a lot of trouble with that.
My closet has a lot less clothes than it used to.
There are not near as many shoes as before.
I have more than I need.
Seeing truly is believing. It has change my perspective.
And I thank God.
Many Americans do not understand laying down
on the cold dirty ground to deliver a baby.
They can not comprehend why we need to send
a few simple items in Birthing Kits.
What good can a piece of plastic, a scalpel, two pieces of string, two pairs of rubber gloves, two anti-bacterial wipes, four gauze, soap, a baby blanket, and a tiny baby cap do?
What good can those items possible do?
The plastic can provide a clean place for
the mother to lay on to birth her baby.
The clean string can be used instead of dirty
elephant grass or dirty rag to tie the cord.
The clean sterile scalpel can be used to cut the cord.
The wipes can clean the birthing site as well as hands.
The sterile gauze can clean the baby's mouth, eyes, ears, etc.
The gauze can help stop some of the bleeding of the mother.
The rubber gloves can keep germs off the baby and out of the mother.
Think about what happens when they do not have these things.
Dirty hands, dirty birthing site, dirty hands wiping the eyes, mouth, nose of the baby.
Dirty hands handling the cord and using elephant grass to cut the cord. On and on.
Thank you Father that I was born in America.
But most of all Father, Thank you that you have allowed me to travel to Zambia four times to have my perspectives changed.
Thank you Father that you formed my inward parts;
Thank you that You gave me the Mother you did.
Thank you that I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Thank you Father for writing the days of my life in Your book.
O, God how can I comprehend the depth of Your thoughts of me?
Thank you Father that You are still with me when I awake.
Father God, thank You for giving me another year to live and serve You.
In Jesus Christ Most Holy and High Name I Pray.
Why take the time to gather supplies and make the Birthing Kits? Maybe, just maybe we will get to be apart of some ones precious birth. God has already known the unformed substance of these children and He knows the number of their days.
For A Free Online Bible Study Click Here:
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Open our Eyes So We May See You O God.
Originally posted on 6-8-2010 and re-posted 3-23-2012 and re-posted 6-12-2014
All content and Photos are copyrighted
2 Kings 6:16-17
Open our eyes Lord that we may see the armies of horses and chariots of fire all around us, just as they were all around Elisha.
Open our eyes to satan so that we may see his tricks.
Satan puts blinders on us in many different forms.
He blinds us with too much to do in the name of work, rest, relaxation and recreation.
We neglect You.
He blinds us with problems with our children, families and friends.
We fail to see Your might and power.
We fail to praise and honor You.
He blinds us with health issues and steals our energy so we run out steam.
We do not think we can service You.
He blinds us to put him first on our list.
Then all of the things of the world will be ours .......
We put You last on our list, or not at all.
Open our eyes Oh Lord, that we may see that You will defeat satan if we only stand firm and pray as Elisha did.
Open our eyes Lord that we may see the armies of horses and chariots of fire all around us...
Ephesians 6: 12-13
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places.
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Have a Blessed Day.
For a Free Bible Study:
All Scripture is taken from the New American Standard Bible unless otherwise noted.
Open our Eyes So We May See You O God.
Originally posted on 6-8-2010 and re-posted 3-23-2012 and re-posted 6-12-2014
All content and Photos are copyrighted
2 Kings 6:16-17
Open our eyes Lord that we may see the armies of horses and chariots of fire all around us, just as they were all around Elisha.
Open our eyes to satan so that we may see his tricks.
Satan puts blinders on us in many different forms.
He blinds us with too much to do in the name of work, rest, relaxation and recreation.
We neglect You.
He blinds us with problems with our children, families and friends.
We fail to see Your might and power.
We fail to praise and honor You.
He blinds us with health issues and steals our energy so we run out steam.
We do not think we can service You.
He blinds us to put him first on our list.
Then all of the things of the world will be ours .......
We put You last on our list, or not at all.
Open our eyes Oh Lord, that we may see that You will defeat satan if we only stand firm and pray as Elisha did.
Open our eyes Lord that we may see the armies of horses and chariots of fire all around us...
Ephesians 6: 12-13
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places.
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Have a Blessed Day.
For a Free Bible Study:
All Scripture is taken from the New American Standard Bible unless otherwise noted.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Out of Africa and Back Again.
I never get used to this sight of a young girl child with
a baby on her back and a water bucket on her head.
One of the many buildings we have worshiped in.
A Baptism (the main reason I go)
My heart has been stubborn about being willing to go to Africa in the summer of 2014. The trip has been planned for three years now but my heart has been hard and has said,"NO, I will not go in 2014." One night as we laid down, I asked my husband if he had thought about going to Africa in 2014. I fully expected him to say no I do not want to go because I am getting my shoulder replaced. Instead he said, "I have thought about it." That really shocked me. He asked me if I had thought about going. I said, Yes I have thought about it and I do not want to go. You can go without me. He said, "I will not go without you." So, I said, "Does that mean I have to go?" One reason it shocked me so much is that when he went in 2003 he promised he would never go without me again. I knew that he had made that promise and that he would not break it. If he goes, that means I will go or he will stay home too.
When he went in 2003 I was as resistant as a spoiled brat child who wanted her way no matter what. He was asked to go with a group of men so there was no way one lone woman would fit in. As plans were being made I dug my heels in deep.
I pouted, cried, got mad, you name it I resisted with all my might.
Like that spoiled child I said, "I have always wanted to go to Africa."
On and On I went as the days and weeks ticked off to the dead line to buy tickets.
The Sunday before the deadline the lesson at worship was one that was undeniably from God to me. It also spoke to both of our hearts in a way that we could no longer ignore what had to be done.
We did not say a word all the way home as our hearts burned like hot coals inside our chests. I almost chocked on my pride and selfishness.
After we had changed from our "church" clothes into more comfortable clothes, he said to me, "Shelia, I cannot, not go." My heart burned in my throat. I felt so much shame as I admitted that I was standing in God's way. I choked the words out of my burning throat, "I know you have to go." This had been my thought on the way home as I tried to swallow my pride and selfishness. I was so ashamed of myself at the realization that I, by my childish behavior, had to admit that I was rebelling against God and not my husband.
We both knew that I could not stand in God's way any longer.
We knew that he had to go and do whatever God wanted him to do. I knew that I had to do whatever God wanted me to do and accept what he wanted to teach me.
I do not know why my heart has been stubborn against going to Zambia this summer. I cannot put a finger on the reason. I can only speculate. This has been a challenging year for us with our adult son who has dealt with a drug addiction for many, many years. This has been and still is a challenging time with my mother-in-law being sick and in and out of the hospital for the last two months.
On one hand I am so excited to be going back to Africa again, for the fifth time. On the other hand I am feeling a little stressed to think that the trip is so close to being reality.
I only asked to go one time. I know that if God is truly willing for us to go He will provide the way for my fifth trip to Zambia. Tickets are bought and plans are being made to go in a short time.
We shall see what the future holds. I am now willing and ready if God is.
We recently attended the funeral of a 90 year old lady who got into mission work when she was 65 years old. Her grandson read some of from one of her diaries she had kept about her mission work. He said Granny said, "You have to be willing to write a blank check and hand it to God. Let God fill in the amount. You have to be willing to do whatever God wants you to do."
Just write the blank check has become mine and my husbands motto.
We have written a blank check to God about the trip to Zambia in 2104. We will soon know what He requires us to do. We just have to be willing to do it.
Philippians 4:4-9
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Out of Africa and Back Again.
I never get used to this sight of a young girl child with
a baby on her back and a water bucket on her head.
One of the many buildings we have worshiped in.
A Baptism (the main reason I go)
My heart has been stubborn about being willing to go to Africa in the summer of 2014. The trip has been planned for three years now but my heart has been hard and has said,"NO, I will not go in 2014." One night as we laid down, I asked my husband if he had thought about going to Africa in 2014. I fully expected him to say no I do not want to go because I am getting my shoulder replaced. Instead he said, "I have thought about it." That really shocked me. He asked me if I had thought about going. I said, Yes I have thought about it and I do not want to go. You can go without me. He said, "I will not go without you." So, I said, "Does that mean I have to go?" One reason it shocked me so much is that when he went in 2003 he promised he would never go without me again. I knew that he had made that promise and that he would not break it. If he goes, that means I will go or he will stay home too.
When he went in 2003 I was as resistant as a spoiled brat child who wanted her way no matter what. He was asked to go with a group of men so there was no way one lone woman would fit in. As plans were being made I dug my heels in deep.
I pouted, cried, got mad, you name it I resisted with all my might.
Like that spoiled child I said, "I have always wanted to go to Africa."
On and On I went as the days and weeks ticked off to the dead line to buy tickets.
The Sunday before the deadline the lesson at worship was one that was undeniably from God to me. It also spoke to both of our hearts in a way that we could no longer ignore what had to be done.
We did not say a word all the way home as our hearts burned like hot coals inside our chests. I almost chocked on my pride and selfishness.
After we had changed from our "church" clothes into more comfortable clothes, he said to me, "Shelia, I cannot, not go." My heart burned in my throat. I felt so much shame as I admitted that I was standing in God's way. I choked the words out of my burning throat, "I know you have to go." This had been my thought on the way home as I tried to swallow my pride and selfishness. I was so ashamed of myself at the realization that I, by my childish behavior, had to admit that I was rebelling against God and not my husband.
We both knew that I could not stand in God's way any longer.
We knew that he had to go and do whatever God wanted him to do. I knew that I had to do whatever God wanted me to do and accept what he wanted to teach me.
I do not know why my heart has been stubborn against going to Zambia this summer. I cannot put a finger on the reason. I can only speculate. This has been a challenging year for us with our adult son who has dealt with a drug addiction for many, many years. This has been and still is a challenging time with my mother-in-law being sick and in and out of the hospital for the last two months.
On one hand I am so excited to be going back to Africa again, for the fifth time. On the other hand I am feeling a little stressed to think that the trip is so close to being reality.
I only asked to go one time. I know that if God is truly willing for us to go He will provide the way for my fifth trip to Zambia. Tickets are bought and plans are being made to go in a short time.
We shall see what the future holds. I am now willing and ready if God is.
We recently attended the funeral of a 90 year old lady who got into mission work when she was 65 years old. Her grandson read some of from one of her diaries she had kept about her mission work. He said Granny said, "You have to be willing to write a blank check and hand it to God. Let God fill in the amount. You have to be willing to do whatever God wants you to do."
Just write the blank check has become mine and my husbands motto.
We have written a blank check to God about the trip to Zambia in 2104. We will soon know what He requires us to do. We just have to be willing to do it.
Philippians 4:4-9
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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