I have sometimes stressed over the uncertainties of living overseas from safety to health to finances. But I have remembered that God is first of all a good God and secondly I can remember many times in my life where God has provided and protected. Let me tell you of two of them.
As I child living overseas I had seizures. They were so bad at times that my mom wondered if I would ever make it to college. I can’t imagine how hard it was for her to see me go through that. But God protected me. In high school my seizures stopped with medicine and in college I was still seizure-free even without medicine. I was cured! Now I am married, and have children. All the things my mom wondered if they were even possible. God can protect and heal our health.
On our way to Canada we were pulling a trailer that was loaded to the brim. We made it to Canada and months later, a mechanic looked under the trailer and realized that the tongue only had one inch of metal holding it together! And we made it all the way to Canada even on very bumpy Michigan roads with one inch of metal. Totally a God thing. So I know that God can protect us from harm. I know He wants us here. I can trust Him.
When the choice to quit work was presented before one of our many trips across the country, we prayed that God would give us wisdom. This would mean that we would not receive any more guaranteed income. We would live off of our support. We decided to stop working and continue our support raising. Within 5 minutes of calling my work, someone else called and asked if they could come by and drop off a gift. God confirmed our decision to quit work with a check for $3,000!!! He was giving us peace about the timing of everything and we are confident He will continue this provision. Maybe not everything we want, but definitely everything we need. He is indeed a good God!