Year in Review

This has been a challenging year...there were times that I could not see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Things seemed to build up and felt that I was just trying to push forward on my own.  Then felt selfish to quit a ministry, but the Lord provided someone to  take over and allowed me to have time be renewed.  Began seeking the Lord's will by checking out CEF opportunities and crying out to the Lord (and not hearing anything in return).  Thanks to friends who allowed me to bend their ear, giving me a shoulder to cry on and most of all for their PRAYERS!  I began praying specifically for each thing daily...and began to feel like the Lord was carrying me through.  Stubbornness, many hours and determination....I saw things starting to fall into place and doors began to open.  There was a contentment and the Lord was fulfilling my heart's desire...not in the way that I thought it would happen, but in a better way.  I know this sounds like a cliche, but when it happens to you - you will get it too!  My spiritual gift is serving and something I have done for years without realizing that the Lord had given me this talent.  As many of you know, in January, the Krzesinski family touched my heart (as they did many at ODBC), but to think that I would be going to Poland less than 5 months later...that is the Lord!  The weekend in March in WV, showed me how He was working at Lewis Memorial Baptist Church and through Daystar Baptist Missions.   The moment that I knew I needed to get serious and pray about going was when Rachel's mom asked me at McDonald's - "So do you think you will be going to Poland?" and the word "yes" came out.  :0)  It is so neat to look back on a year where you just hope to make it through the day - to be flying to Poland in just a few days to serve Him!!!