I am sitting here listening to a CD, Quietime, Your Turn to Unwind, that we bought today from Lifeway. It is a wonderful, soothing CD filled with slow, instrumental Christian worship songs. I also began reading Beth Moore's, A Taste of Believing in God, Experience a Fresh Explosion of Faith. It is a short 7 Chapters of how to increase your faith in Jesus and your dedication to God's purpose. I have been reading about how God says He is who He says He is!!
I am feeling very close to God and feeling the benefits of His blessings on my life. As Bob sits and shares his journal with me...I cry at the thoughts of what he and the team endured last week in Haiti. Many wonderful stories, some hardships, and much fellowship has been shared with me in the past few days. I love hearing what happened and seeing the pictures everyone has posted puts many things in perspective.
I am sitting here, with a heavy heart. There is another team going to the Dominican Republic in October and I will begin praying daily and specifically for them. My prayers became more specific as time passed with the team in Haiti and I pray that I can be just as in touch with God for the next team as I was while the team was in Haiti. Let us not forget... this makes me sad. Will this willingness in me to pray diligently for missionaries and for these poverty stricken people subside? Will I feel this emotional connection always now, forever changed? Or will it go away? I pray that it does not go away! I pray that I will continue to have this burden in my heart always...and learn to give up myself more. Let us not forget!
I am so proud of my husband. I love you so much Bob and I am so proud of you! You are forever changed and have become such an inspiration to me. To endure the hardships you did while in Haiti and already talking about WHEN you go back...so awesome! Let us not forget! Let us always do what we can...be burdened for the lost...LOVE OTHERS...love our neighbors as we are told in Matthew 22:39. The teams from FCBC show that they LOVE OTHERS! Let them all be examples for us. Even if it is doing things here in Jacksonville...Let us not forget!!!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
New Adventures and Where You Are
Wow, it's been a long time since I wrote. I have had a busy summer. It is almost over now, teachers start Aug. 15! I spent the whole summer with my two kids...some great and fun times...some very frustrating times. I guess that's how it goes with a 7 year old and a 4 year old...go go go...
Time sure flies...but I am excited for my new adventure as a 7th grade ELA teacher for Kernan Middle School. Many teachers left and there are lots of changes happening at the school. Unfortunately we lost our A status...so we may be under some pressure.
I sit here this morning with a praying heart as my hubby and the team from FCBC are now in Haiti. I can't believe that all the planning and time spent getting ready are gone and now the team is gone as well. I am such a proud wife. Bob has really felt the call of the Lord and he was so excited to have the opportunity to go on a mission trip with his best friends from the church. In Mark 16:15, God said to GO...and my hubby WENT! I am so proud of him! This time apart is brand new for both of us! Usually when one of us goes away on a trip we are in constant...I mean constant contact. We call and text a ton! Having no communication with Bob is driving me crazy! I love him so much!!
As I sat in the sanctuary on Sunday, hearing Pastor John commission the team as missionaries....I began to cry and get emotional. I have been praying daily for the team as they have prepared but somehow see my prayers changed now that they are gone. More specific prayers come as I think of and realize the realness of this trip. As I stood in the church parking lot at 6:30 am yesterday saying goodbye to the love of my life...I was surprisingly not emotional...until I got in the car!! As I listened to the radio...Lifesong, by Casting Crowns....I began to sob at the realization of what was actually going on. The 12 men and women aren't just taking a trip....they aren't taking a new adventure...they are doing exactly what God told them to do...Acts 1:8 says, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
My husband, my pastor, and many of my friends are missionaries. They are on fire for the Lord. We all should be. They are an inspiration to me! Be a missionary where you are in your life. We all can't go away...but we all can step up in our own town or city or neighborhood or workplace. Whenever and where ever we can!!
Please pray for Bob, Ricky, Joe, Jeremy, Diane, Harry, Peggy, Jack, Jessica, Chris, Kirsten, and Tom!
Pray for me as a wife that's going crazy by no contact with my hubby. Pray the bad weather stays away from Haiti.
Blessings to all and Happy New Adventures!
Time sure flies...but I am excited for my new adventure as a 7th grade ELA teacher for Kernan Middle School. Many teachers left and there are lots of changes happening at the school. Unfortunately we lost our A status...so we may be under some pressure.
I sit here this morning with a praying heart as my hubby and the team from FCBC are now in Haiti. I can't believe that all the planning and time spent getting ready are gone and now the team is gone as well. I am such a proud wife. Bob has really felt the call of the Lord and he was so excited to have the opportunity to go on a mission trip with his best friends from the church. In Mark 16:15, God said to GO...and my hubby WENT! I am so proud of him! This time apart is brand new for both of us! Usually when one of us goes away on a trip we are in constant...I mean constant contact. We call and text a ton! Having no communication with Bob is driving me crazy! I love him so much!!
As I sat in the sanctuary on Sunday, hearing Pastor John commission the team as missionaries....I began to cry and get emotional. I have been praying daily for the team as they have prepared but somehow see my prayers changed now that they are gone. More specific prayers come as I think of and realize the realness of this trip. As I stood in the church parking lot at 6:30 am yesterday saying goodbye to the love of my life...I was surprisingly not emotional...until I got in the car!! As I listened to the radio...Lifesong, by Casting Crowns....I began to sob at the realization of what was actually going on. The 12 men and women aren't just taking a trip....they aren't taking a new adventure...they are doing exactly what God told them to do...Acts 1:8 says, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
My husband, my pastor, and many of my friends are missionaries. They are on fire for the Lord. We all should be. They are an inspiration to me! Be a missionary where you are in your life. We all can't go away...but we all can step up in our own town or city or neighborhood or workplace. Whenever and where ever we can!!
Please pray for Bob, Ricky, Joe, Jeremy, Diane, Harry, Peggy, Jack, Jessica, Chris, Kirsten, and Tom!
Pray for me as a wife that's going crazy by no contact with my hubby. Pray the bad weather stays away from Haiti.
Blessings to all and Happy New Adventures!
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