A few days ago our Katie was over for the afternoon and we found ALL kinds of beautiful leaves that had fallen from our trees…..we found so many different colors and it was fun to put them in a box for her. She was SO excited that fall was coming soon!!
This season of the year always seems busy to us as we have various Mission Conferences we will be attending. It is always exciting to be there and to be asked to share our work with others. How do you share 40 years with NTM??
Yes, it has been 40 years since we left CDA, Idaho and headed out to the first phase of missions training in Wisconsin!! God has been SO very faithful!! We were 24 and 26 at the time…..that does give away our age, doesn’t it?? We didn’t know at all what God had in store for us but we were willing to GO so we left Idaho, our church, home, family, grandparents and took or 4 year old and one year old away from their grandparents and drove out to Wisconsin. We wanted to serve the LORD wherever HE wanted us to go so by faith we went…..and 40 years later we continue to GO!!
So…..at the missions conference I was given 15 minutes in a ladies meeting to share…..whew!!
I told my hubby I could tell about the hard times, sickness, moving into a tribe, learning tribal language, helping with Bible Translation,trials, joyful times, having our children away from us in the dorm, tears and then more tears, packing and unpacking, trusting GOD to provide when it didn’t seem like there was any way to provide!! I then realized that I would need hours and hours to share all that GOD has done in my life so I ended up telling a couple of stories of God’s faithfulness and how he used the tribal people to minister to me during a hard time!!!
At times in our lives we have our seasons of Autumn and then the winter comes and we wonder if it will ever turn into spring….and then the spring comes and we see NEW growth and realize that once again God is in control!! We have had many winters and springs in our lives and it has been a privelege to see how HE has undertaken time and time again!!