Our "Send-Off" Service

On December 15th, we had a special service for us to say goodbye to our family and friends.  It was an amazing service.  We showed a slideshow of pictures of our trips to Paraguay.  We also had several friends share favorite memories.  Then, everyone gathered around us to pray for us.

We had several tables of items from Paraguay.  We also had note cards for friends to write notes to us.  We also had two books for friends to write notes for Eli and David.

It was a very special time that we will never forget.  It is such a great feeling to know that we have so many people praying for us.  We are so blessed!

Imperfection and Unworthiness

One of the big struggles in this process that I went through (and sometimes still go through) is the feeling of unworthiness.

My devotion today shared a great verse:

"If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done" (Ecclesiastes 11:4 NLT)

I continue to realize that it is not about me, but it is about God. He is in control. As I continue to grasp this concept, fear and worry disappear. It really is the peace that passes understanding.

Praise God!

Being A Servant

I love this quote from John Wesley:

"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can."

I pray that God will help us to become that kind of servant.

Commissioning Service

I've been meaning to blog about our Commissioning Service for a while...
...but it is kind of hard to describe.

The service was on September 10th and located in Norcross, GA near the Mission Society offices. We met the Board members for the first time. It was also great to met the other missionaries who we haven't met before. It was great to see how much the staff and Board really care about missions.

There was great worship, speakers, discussion time, fellowship time, and food. We learned a lot, as we always do at each visit to Norcross.

We were blessed to have some of our church family there with us. It was a very special time.

What a mighty God we serve!