Thursday, March 09, 2006

Visions of Movement

My husband and I have this God-Given confidence and vision that we will be starting a new life in Peru one of these days. All logic would look at the percentages for support and say, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket just yet." And yet, our life with God has such an amazing track record for His faithfulness, that we have no spiritual reason to limit God to dollar signs.
Our ministry in Peru will be deep and intermingled with life, I can already sense that. I also expect the language to be a tough transition for me (I'm not as gifted as my husband), so I'm thankful for three months of language school when we get there. Having two awesome little guys, we expect childhood illnesses and the worry that comes with them, and then the added layer of learning how to help them in Peru. We also know that we will be surprised when some things are harder to transition into than we expected. And we will also be surprised at how easy some things will be. But the greatest thing is that we can just plain envision our life in minsitry there...and we are now busy waiting for God.
I say "busy waiting" because we're busy building relationships for this coming ministry. We're visiting churches and enjoying diverse worship styles. I think the diversity has been my favorite part so far. God has an incredible body of believers, and we feel so honored to get this opportunity to meet so many. I am also impressed with how adaptable our children are to these worship styles. It's such a blessing! Aside from the occasional Hot Wheels car hitting a hardwood floor, or a child announcing their need to visit the restroom, they've been quiet and well behaved. They've also thoroughly enjoyed different children's ministries...thank God for friendly little guys!!
Justin recently said he had a vision of God whisking us off on a wind to Peru. We've had other friends give similar encouragement...so I think we're on the brink of movement. Please help us pray for the coming changes because all indications are that they are going to be swift. I am just so thankful for our growing team of supporters who have hearts for foreign missions. And "I wouldn't take nothing for my journey now" (Maya Angelou).
In Christ,
Gillian

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