Thursday, June 6, 2013

God's Blessing, God's Timing

Yesterday morning we received the invitation to join Team Isaan. Yesterday afternoon we sent notification of acceptance of the invitation. We are now officially members of the Team; we are now indeed bound for Thailand. Now the real work begins.

We received an amazing confirmation and answer to prayer this past Sunday. Andrea had been praying and mentioning to God how it would be so much easier to fulfill some of our financial obligations if we didn’t have to pay rent. That morning at church, we were offered the chance to house sit for a couple who are taking an extended vacation and will be gone for some months. The timeframe of their vacation coincides with the timeframe we are hoping for our departure.

Our partner development now commences in earnest. We’re moving forward in our beginning language learning (the boys are doing better than the adults). I had another chance to speak to the youth last evening, we have a sharing opportunity this coming Saturday evening, and I’m speaking to the Men’s Ministry on June 20th.

It’s good to be back in the States after our Survey Trip, but it’s also hard. In many ways, our hearts are already in Isaan waiting for our bodies to catch up. We ask for your continuing prayer. Please keep standing with us, asking for things to progress quickly, but not outside of God’s timing. God’s timing seems to be working the best.