God seems to always have us waiting. Someone once told me, "God shines a lantern where you can only see the next step you are about to take." As we our on our mission trip we look forward, anticipating the next step of what God has for us. We get anxious, resteless, and uncertain. The calling that God puts on our lives as Christians is clear, yet fuzzy all at the same time. Doubt and the nature of man tend to get in the way of what we are so passionate about. When all the passion, motivation, and drive is gone, are we still willing? Right now in this moment the sense of where, when, how for our future is cloudy. Everything is clear until you get to the pass and Oops not ready yet so we have to just wait. Waiting for what God's plan is for us is always the hardest part. Missions is a state of being. A missionary lives to invest into people's lives no matter where God has called them to or wherever to stay. Daniel and I have had the oppurtunity to get to know individuals, couples, and experienced people. Life on the Ranch is amazing when it comes to the array of people that come through here. We have had so many random, different, new people here. Some are from the highway that drop in because they see the sign and get curious such as: a canadian couple that only spoke french (we just so happened to have a volunteer here at the time from canada that speaks french :0), a missionary couple, etc. People that come to work on the ranch come from all over the state and the world. A few examples--russia, japan, switzerland, north carolina, texas, new york, new hampshire, michigan, etc etc. The Lord has brought us here for the summer and even though we don't understand all that he is trying to teach us we know that he is near. A daily reminder, an hourly reminder at that, is to be still and know that he is God.
As for what is happening here on the ranch now that we are back is Daniel has been flying a lot and helping with sightseerers and then I was asked to put together a video of camp. Last sunday we had a service for the camp to give testimonies and tell stories. We had a rocking worship band, an awesome video, and a few testimonies/ stories from camp. We also did the memory verse with ALL the motions in front of a bunch of adults; what a way to set the stage. Daniel did a testimony about camp and really shared his heart for what the kids go through and what we have to send them back to. He is a great speaker; I told him he should be a pastor! Today we were supposed to leave for Port Alswourth to visit some friends that we just met while helping direct camp, and well we have to wait till tomorrow. The weather was fogged in, so to be safe we are waiting till morning. After we visit Port Alswourth we are going to visit some friends that came up from Longview,TX to visit a friend in Kenai. We have a busy week of traveling ahead of us, well really only a few days. Daniel and I only have about 2 1/2 weeks left here in Alaska so it is slowly closing up on us.
Well the night is dawning-NOT :)- and it is almost time to settle down.
By the way thank you for all the birthday and anniversery wishes! The day was a great one, and we had lots of fun! Thank you for all of your support and prayers for our lives.
Hope all is well across the states, the country, and the world with you guys as well! We look forward to sending a video of our time here and tell you all about it, and post pictures!
Over and out~
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