Wednesday, May 23, 2018

The Past School Years Blessings


Today was the last day of our school year. We have watched as our students grew both academically and spiritually. Not only have our students grown taller but have also grown in their faith in Christ.



On the last Friday of the each month we had a Parents Night Out for our team members so that they would be able to have a date night. The children were able to fellowship with each other and have happy mommies and daddies when they were picked up.
 





One of the opportunities I had this year was putting together a mission orientation for our Mks. They learned about the culture and ways they could minister along side their parents. I was able to practice my Spanish, teaching a class  on a few Sundays to our young ones in our church family and Nolan and I shared our testimony with the Alpha and Omega group of young adults.






Blessed with friends who serve with us




And with making new friends


Blessed with laundry because it meant that the building we manage is ministering to people.


Thank you for your prayer and support for us during this past year. 

Monday, January 1, 2018


                                What is in Your Hand





Sunday our pastor shared about Moses. He shared that Moses had three life divisions in his life. 

The first forty were spent in a Palace. He was taught by great teachers. Learned how to rule a country and had everything he could wish for. He spent the next forty years learning humility in the desert as a shepherd taking care of sheep and raising a new family. He spent the last forty years leading the Israelites out of Egypt.  

As Nolan and I discussed the message while waiting for our pizza, I thought of my life. The first half were my childhood experiences, marriage, raising our family, leading a church, homeschooling, working in a local school with great mentors who taught me more than I would have learned in university. They were all preparation for my second half of life.

 Moses sometimes felt he was inadequate for the job God had for him. At the burning bush, God asked Moses, "What is in your  hand?" and Moses replied that he had a staff in it. (Exodus 4:2) With that staff Moses had beat back wolves as he shepherded sheep, but now he would do miraculous things with it. God used the staff in Moses' hand to lead the people out of Egypt. 

Looking back, I can see the tools that God has given me in my hand. When I feel inadequate in the work God has given me in my second division of life I need to remember God has given me the tools. He has prepared me for the work I do. 

What is in your hand?