We are currently looking into a cross cultural training. We may be going to this in the spring.Check out what we will be doing and see what we will be learning. We are not 100% on when we are going yet. However we are leaning toward the May-June dates. Please be in prayer for us during this descision. The older kids will be done with school by the time we go. The one thing as a Mom that will be hard for me is that Anna will not be able to finish out her year in kindergarten which also means that she will not be able to "graduate". I know this seems like a trivial thing but to a 5 year old I think it is a big deal!
Phil spoke with a person today about housing and as she said to Phil we will have a wing of the building. I guess that is what happens when you have so many kids! We would drive our own vehicle down which will make it possible for us to have a car. The kids seem excited about going to another "state" and it is down south which means warm weather! I think that they forget in NH it is warm in the months of May and June.
We also were givig the offical word this past Sunday at our annual business meeting what our home church will be supporting us. What and exciting time for us! Phil is often saying to me that we need to "prepare for rain" which I think is his favorite line for the movie "Facing the Giants". So, prepare we will so that when we recieve word that we are at 100% we will be able to buy our tickets pack our bags and serve the Lord full time in Guatemala!
So heading to training is one of our little ways to "prepare for rain!".
please continue to pray with us that our support will come in quickly and that we will be able to make a certain decision of when we are to head down to NC.
THANK YOU as always for taking the time to read our blog and to pray with us!
Preparing for Rain
Psalm 27
Reading through Psalm 27 this week I was reminded over and over again about Gods timing. Times like this past year making the decision to go serve our Lord in Guatemala full time has brought forth many emotions. And we are only at the start of this step in our lives. Knowing that God is in control of everything and that nothing comes as a surprise to Him. Being reminded constantly that God in in control and that He hears us when we are overwhelmed with the whole process our cries do not fall on deaf ears.
This is where I am finding myself resting most days when I am overwhelmed. The last verse is one that I need to have posted wherever I look so that I can be constantly reminded.
Psalm 27 :14"Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart: Wait I say on the Lord!"
a Little about Guatemala...
Guatemala is a small country located in Central America it shares borders with Mexico to the north and west, Belize to the northeast, Honduras to it’s southeast and El Salvador to it’s south. A small coast on the east and a large coast on the south. Great fishing I am told.
Its volcanoes are the highest and most active, its Mayan ruins are most impressive and its earthquakes are the most devastating, and its history of repression is world class.
Guatemala covers a total land area slightly smaller that Tennessee, with topography that is a mountainous and forested jumble of volcanoes and jungle. The terrain is mostly mountainous with narrow coastal plains and a rolling limestone plateau called El Peten. The western highlands are home to over 30 volcanoes, which reach heights of over 12,000 feet and cast a red glow at night- and where there is frequent earthquake activity. The intensively cultivated Pacific coastline is a vast expanse of mostly black beaches. The vast jungle lowland of El Peten fills the interior.
These are excerps from our handbook that we were given to prepare for a short-term trip last year.
