Well this last week was kinda crazy. I spoke for the first time where someone invited me to speak. The other times I have been a speaker at an event, I was on the planning committee so that doesn't really count.
I was able to share my heart for children of the developing world. The ones who die every day without the world caring. I ended my first session with this. If 58 airplanes fell out of the sky today someone would do something about. But that is what happened, an average 747 carries on average 500 people. So divide 29,000, the number of children who died today from preventable causes, by 500 and the answer is 58. 58 airplanes full of beautiful children. We, in the developing world, have the resources and the ability to save these lives but we don't. We are too comfortable on our couches. I also got to share that 80% of the poorest people as live without Jesus, in a place called the 10/40 window. It was such a confirmation of my call. God has placed these people on my heart for a reason and made it personal with Jude.
I was asked to speak in August and I had no idea that it would be a confirmation in a call that was still to come. I was able to share this new calling and reveal the reality of a passion.
I got to share that my family has been asked to join a missions organization called Heart of God/Beautiful Feet. We are going to go and help them with mobilization. To help the church see the need that the peoples of the world have for Jesus, that there are places in the world that there is no one to tell their neighbor about Jesus because the neighbor doesn't know either. We also get to help people, who feel called to go and tell these people about Jesus, start their journey to the nations.
I am so excited to be heading down this path. We need to raise support before we can head down to OKC. I am so excited to see how God is going to provide.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Christmas and New Years
I intentionally did things different this year for Christmas.
My little girl likes things to stay the same. Christmas to her is putting the tree in the same place and decorating it the same way each year. This nativity goes here and this one goes here.
We have some major changes hopefully occurring in the next six months or so. We are going to have to majorly downsize our stuff. Space is going to be an issue. We will be leaving the only house that my beautiful girl has ever lived in and moving. We will not be taking the huge tree and maybe not any tree. Most likely only one nativity will make the cut, not the three she is use to. Christmas decorations are not a high priority on the list of things to move.
So this year, we focused on things we can do together. Christmas cookies took a much higher priority and to be honest, our little tree didn't get fully decorated but sat with just lights on it for this holiday season. I wanted her to see that Christmas could be good even if it were different. We opened presents the same as always. We still had waffles Christmas morning. We spent time together. We still went out for Chinese food. Our Christmas was much like it has been only without all the decorations around the house.
We spent a lot of time with family during the last two weeks but we also made a trip to Dallas over New Years to see friends that have recently moved there. I wanted Lily to see that new places and new experiences are good. We stopped at our favorite coffee shop both there and back. I am hoping to build some familiarity into places that will be important in the future. I want all of my children to make the transition easily. I just know that it will be hardest for my little girl. I know that God is going before us. I am confident this move is in His plans. I am praying for my children's hearts. Praying that this step of faith, this act of obedience will grow them in their faith and trust in their heavenly Father.
My little girl likes things to stay the same. Christmas to her is putting the tree in the same place and decorating it the same way each year. This nativity goes here and this one goes here.
We have some major changes hopefully occurring in the next six months or so. We are going to have to majorly downsize our stuff. Space is going to be an issue. We will be leaving the only house that my beautiful girl has ever lived in and moving. We will not be taking the huge tree and maybe not any tree. Most likely only one nativity will make the cut, not the three she is use to. Christmas decorations are not a high priority on the list of things to move.
So this year, we focused on things we can do together. Christmas cookies took a much higher priority and to be honest, our little tree didn't get fully decorated but sat with just lights on it for this holiday season. I wanted her to see that Christmas could be good even if it were different. We opened presents the same as always. We still had waffles Christmas morning. We spent time together. We still went out for Chinese food. Our Christmas was much like it has been only without all the decorations around the house.
We spent a lot of time with family during the last two weeks but we also made a trip to Dallas over New Years to see friends that have recently moved there. I wanted Lily to see that new places and new experiences are good. We stopped at our favorite coffee shop both there and back. I am hoping to build some familiarity into places that will be important in the future. I want all of my children to make the transition easily. I just know that it will be hardest for my little girl. I know that God is going before us. I am confident this move is in His plans. I am praying for my children's hearts. Praying that this step of faith, this act of obedience will grow them in their faith and trust in their heavenly Father.
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