So, this is where we spend time every other day right now. It is a blessing that there is somewhere free to go that is fun so the kids can stretch a little after the small apartment. Erika's expression says it all...this is truly her favorite place right now. I am enjoying it too. I just swim the whole time unless the pool is full. We have been fortunate to have it to ourselves on several occassions...that is a good day when noone else is there:)
This morning, I took the kids to the dollar movie they offer in the summers here at our theatres. It was fun and cheap. Then we had our youth pastor's oldest daughter come over. I love that little girl. I just found a picture of her as a baby when we first met them 5 years ago. Those girls are so special to my heart. It is so hard to leave them to go to Belize. Maybe I could sneak them in my suitcase:)
So, this is the season I am in my life. Every day I prepare my heart a little for the big move. Lee calls me every day with good news that people are willing to partner with us and support us. This confirms every day that God is in this. I am excited about going to Belize. I am loving my new life already. It is the leaving part that tears my heart in a million pieces. Every person I spend my days with..( except my husband and children)...knowing that I must soak up every second while we are here.
There is a relevant song by Hillsong United, Desert Song:
One verse in particular really speaks to me...
and this is my prayer in the harvest
and favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be emptied again
the seed I received I will sow
God has blessed me, poured into me, taught me so many things. There are plenty of people here to share with the lost...He needs Lee and I in Belize, where fewer people will go. Where we can share of God's blessings and minister to the hurting. When Lee first told me he felt we were supposed to move to Belize, that was my argument...that there are so many more people here in Houston, who we can minister to. But God wants us in Belize. He has called lots of people to the mission field, but so many are just not able or not willing to take the steps to GO...but He knew we would. Not because we are closer to God, or better than other people. He had just put us in a place and made it hard not to obey. He did something supernatural in our hearts that made the people in Belize more important than our nice home or nice things...or our comfort.
I was just thinking today, what a process this past year has been for me...and the process I am still in. I pray that my life would be an example. And if God called you too, that you would also obey. I look around me and think Americans are so blessed. They don't even realize it. I realize it more now that I ever have. Even though my kitchen is 1/10 of the size of my old one...at least I have one. At least I have food to cook for my children. I am so thankful that we are in a home with air conditioning. And that I have a car with air conditioning.
What are you thankful for?
