As of yesterday we were officially accepted to attend the MTC in Ontario this coming fall!!! And within the last 24 hours many amazing things has happened!
I have been in communication with the admissions department of NTM Canada and have been able to get many of the details worked out. We also have sold some of our big items of furniture, AND...God has provided for our Newfoundland and Idaho visits air fair to be paid for!
This whole thing has been such a huge step of faith, more like a leap, and it is so encouraging to see God opening up the doors for us to walk through!
We are very excited to keep moving forward, one step at a time. I am so excited to see God work and to rest in Him daily as we pursue this goal of being part of giving His word to those who don't have it. He really is Jehovah Jireh...my Lord who Provides, and I LOVE HIM.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Preparing...
8 places in 4 1/2 years
That would be 8 different homes lived in, in the 4 1/2 years we have been married. That would be a an average of 5 1/2 months in each place since we said 'I Do'. Jackson MI, Ammon ID, Idaho Falls ID, Middle Stewiacke NS, 3 different places in Truro NS, and now...Durham ON.
We are entering yet another season in our life! A brand new season that is bringing with it many new and exciting things! We are awaiting approval for our missionary training right now. Once we are approved (hopefully within a week) we will plan to move again. That will include selling most of our physical possessions-again, arranging airline tickets and a moving-trailer rental, some auto repairs to prepare one of our cars for selling and the other for the move to Ontario, and the one thing we have never done before - preparing to quite working.
The thought of us stopping a 'normal' job brings many emotions with it! I, for one, am kind of a control freak. I clearly understand that about myself, and the thought of quitting my job and trusting the Lord's provision to meet my every day needs is both exciting, but also very nerve wrecking!!! I know God is Jehovah Jireh-The LORD who Provides. It is one of my favourite names of my Lord. I love it how Jesus explained his provision in Matthew chapter 6:
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? "
I am very excited to see how God will provide our food, drink, clothing and so much more! We are transitioning into a phase of living by the support of others. One might ask why on earth we are doing this... Well, there are roughly 2,000 language groups in this world that do not have His Word in their language, totalling around 200 million people!!! When Mitch and I heard that our minds were blown away! Our thought was, "why are there still so many?! And why aren't more people going if there are still that many out there who haven't heard, or couldn't have heard because they don't have a Bible in their language?". Our natural response was to make the decision to GO. We knew that we would do whatever it takes to 'GO and make disciples', as long as we were physically able to, we would work towards that goal.
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| Remember these faces. They are brothers in Christ! |
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| Bible teaching in a tribe in Papua New Guinea |
will you pray for us as we prepare to GO? Will you give?
Will you go???
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