I just wanted to check in and let y'all know I'm still alive. Seven weeks from today, I'll be getting on a plane! Crazy!!! I got my visa in the mail yesterday. Everything is falling into place. Everyone who has asked me over the past few months will be glad to know that I'm starting to get excited now. This is really happening!
I've used this in the past as a place to share what the Lord's been teaching me, but I don't even know if I can put into words all the Lord's been teaching me this week. My heart is full of joy. There have been battles, but God is teaching me to fight by His strength. And the victory is sweet. Oh, and the joy of living out His will, even when it doesn't seem fun (even seeing that, at times, helping in the yard can be better than sitting in the house praying because it's where the Lord wants me) . There have been boring moments, but overall this has been one of those really good weeks. :) Praise the Lord!
Rachel, my roommate of 5 years, and I just got back from a sister in the Lord's house. What a blessing to just spend time with her and her three kids. It was three and a half wonderful hours of hanging laundry up to dry, gardening, jumping on a trampoline, pushing swings, eating lunch, chatting, and just having a good time together. More and more lately I am loving seeing fellow believers as family. And I am loving spending time with my brothers and sisters in the Lord.
Also, if you're looking for a good sermon to listen to (or happen to have an hour to kill), here's a link to one by David Platt. It's the first in a series on Acts, but you don't have to listen to the rest. This one stands alone pretty well.
