Hello to my home. Hello from a journey far away from home and from the traveling missionary who is writing to his home. How are you? How is life at home? How has the Lord been speaking to you? Where is the Lord leading you? My heart has been growing for you and I pray for you everyday. I pray that you continue to see the Lord in everything and that He shows you all of his ways. I pray that you get to experience His love everyday. I want to also share with you about my journey and about how the Lord has worked.
These blogs are a personal writing of mine of real things I have experienced in my missionary journey and real things that I experience in my heart that God intendes for me to testify! But I want to write to my home and to you. I want to hear from you and hear how the Lord is working! I want you to be able to experience what God is doing and I don’t want you to miss what He has for you. There is so much more for me to experience, and I believe there is so much more for you to experience!
My time in Southeast Asia was quite an experience. I don’t know what else to say. We came in just to meet the local people. We made friends and created beautiful relationships with many people. Each and every single day, we prayed. We asked God to come into our day. We invited Him with our worship and our prayer. And as we walked the streets, God provided our steps and He spoke into our day. We were interruptible for His plan and as we stepped away, it allowed Him to step in. We watched Him form relationships and move in the hearts of the unreached! It was beautiful to witness and it was powerful!
So now my time is looking a little more different than how it looked in Nepal. It looks different than how it looked in India. Now I am in Turkey and our lives look very different. We work with the church and continue to reach out to the people in our community. We continue to pray every single day and invite the Lord into our day. We are watching Him move and work in the lives here and it is beautiful.
So this is where I am at. The Lord continues to speak into my life, but now I want to ask, how is the Lord speaking into your life? How is life at home? How are you? I have been away for a while now and my heart is growing for my home and the people there. I want to be able to come home after this and abide by the Spirit within me. I pray everyday that God shows you the same things I have seen. I am so excited to come home soon and see what the Lord has for me. But I am even more excited to come home and see what the Lord has for you! I know He is moving in your lives and what I want you to understand, is that you were made to sit next to the King of Kings. You are with God in Heaven right now. He is always with you and you are always with Him, even if you don’t know it.
YOU are always in my heart and prayers! I have many wonderful memories being in Istanbul Turkey so many years ago! I am so excited that your parents will be joining you in May! I love reading and learning from the bible. I am participating with CBS Christian Bible Study group online. We just completed our study with Matthew and next fall we will begin our journey in Psalms. Our group has been lifting your team in prayer! YOU have been given a special gift that you will hold in your heart for a lifetime. Treasure every moment! Matthew 6:20-21 “But lay up yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Wow, I have never been more proud of the journey you have taken to draw closer to the Lord. You have inspired me as your earthly father to take the necessary steps in growing closer to our Heavenly Father. I am so excited to see you in Turkiye and to experience a glimpse into your missionary work! I love you Buddy!
Home is good, but missing you! 😍
We cannot wait to share with you in person SO SOON as to all of the ways our heavenly Father has worked in our hearts and grown us in Spirit. 🙌🏼🥰
This has been a season of renewal and growth for your Daddy and I. God has been hard at work pulling out the weeds of distraction that were consuming our Spirits and keeping us from fully being able to receive the love He has for us. He has been so kind to reveal the cracks in our foundation and fill those places with His love, grace, and mercy and show us his presence, providence and protection in everything.
Because of YOUR journey, we have been able to experience our own. You have always had a faith that exceeded our own, and we have been so humbled and honored that God would choose us to be YOUR parents. Your journey has led both your daddy and I to a deeper personal relationship with the Trinity and we will forever be thankful. He has revealed to us that pursuing a relationship with Him and encouraging others to do the same is what is most important. He has revealed and healed the wounds of our past and allowed us to feel the freedom that only comes from surrendering all and trusting in His plan.
We are so excited to share all of it with you in person SO so soon!
We love you and are SOOOOO proud of you!