Countdown Continues...One More Day

So today is the day that the team will be wrapping up all the final details before leaving tomorrow morning! I have about 90 lbs to stuff into a bag that can only hold 45. Not sure how that's going to work, but I'll figure it out. I also have a million thoughts scrambling around in my little brain that can only hold a few at a time. Daddy instructions, kids' school stuff, home remodel, VBS materials, packing, charging camera, planning worship for Women's Mini Retreat when we return, shipping orders, paying bills, contacting customers, hoping to visit family, laundry...you get the idea.

Although I'm not sure how to pack all that stuff in my bag, I do know what to do with the overloaded brain. It's time to be still. It's time to be still and know that HE is God. That beyond the packing and the laundry and the bills there is a God who has ordained this appointment with the people of Horizons and the people of Confital. That His purpose is greater than anything we can imagine. That regardless of the reasons we think we are going to Bolivia, His ways are higher and He is allowing us to be a small part of His work in a forgotten part of the world.

So as you are praying for the team...for safety and health and strength...please pray for the precious people of Confital. Pray that they will know that they matter. That there is a God who loves them and thinks they were worth sending His only son to die for them. Pray for the children who so need to hear that they matter...that they have a Friend, and that they can be part of God's Family.

Thank you for your prayers and encouragement over the many long months of planning. Know that YOU are loved, too!

Blessings,

Shari