One of our two budgets has now reached 100%. Our next, and most important task, is to raise the remaining monthly need. This first accomplishment raises so many feelings in me. I am in awe of how awesome God is, and I have absolutely no doubt that we are going to move to Peru this year. With that comes a lot of relief and praise. We pray that our testimony in this support raising process brings encouragment to others who are scared to step out for God. I pray that they will see that stepping out for God is not always the easy road, but it is always worth it. Yes, we have faced criticism and challenges from unexpected places that cut us deep in our spirits, but they served to turn us back to scripture over and over again to seek God's true voice. Throughout life we will face these challenges, and we just have to keep turning back to God, and HIS desire for our course, weigh the comments of concerned friends, and weed out the ones that don't match God's voice.
Satan works best in the dark. That's a lesson I've truly grasped in my most recent Bible study. He loves it when we don't take the time to evaluate the source of chaos in our spirits and instead live paralyzed by fear or emotional pain. We are learning to shed God's light on the Enemy's attacks, and to expose the TRUTH in our challenges. The TRUTH is that we have a huge team of supporters that is growing and encouraging this ministry to MOVE FORWARD. The TRUTH is that we often feel insufficient for the call that He has placed in our lives, but He has already proven that the old saying is true: God doesn't call the equipped, He equips the called. And HE is our all-sufficient God, therefore, with HIM, we are sufficient. This is a language of faith that was once so weird to me, but now I understand. THAT is the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
So we are excited about our first milestone. We rejoice in knowing that God is in charge and moving things along in His PERFECT timing. Now...selling the house....
