Thursday, May 31, 2007

Life in the Bones

This morning I read in Ezekial 37 about the Valley of the Dry Bones. Ezekial spoke to the bones and God brought them together, bone by bone, ligament by ligament, then adding skin. And Ezekial spoke to the wind and the wind breathed life and breath into the bones.

I read this and my dream for Home of Hope in Moldova comes to me in a new way. I've seen eyes that are dead because they were sold into prostitution. I've met women with minds that can't function because their lives were thrown away as a commodity when they were sold for the first time and then countless times thereafter. And I know that God has put this dream in me. He wants me to dream of life for the women who will enter our Home of Hope in Moldova. He will breathe life into them and restore them bone by bone, ligament by ligament, calling the wind of the Holy Spirit to come and give life to their lifeless bodies.

Right now the house construction is underway. If you haven't gotten the PDF e-mail with the update on the building progress and would like it, you can write me and I'll send it to you. Will you pray that the breath of life would be upon that house as the workers build there? Would you pray that it would be built and inhabited ieven now by the Holy Spirit?

God has called us to such an incredible task. In two months we'll be back in Moldova and we will begin to bring together the women who will work in the home. Pray for God's anointing and call on our workers. It will not be an easy task.

And please pray for me. I do know I'm lead by God, but I have no former experience to guide me in this task. God will be with me, but it is a huge undertaking and I need his hand to guide my every step.

Finally, I'm in frenzied days of packing. I have about 3 days until I have to hit the road for almost 3 weeks. Would you pray that things go together smoothly here and God will just help and direct each thing I do, helping me in all the decision making, knowing where to put each item as I pack it, knowing what to save, what to toss, what to ship?

Thanks for your faithful prayers.

Monday, May 21, 2007

It was a good day

Friday proved to be a great day.

The meeting with my siblings went great. We all saw that caring for and dealing with aging parents is a complex issue. I think we are ready to continue to communicate and work together.

After the meeting I went shopping and I found a great dress and it was on sale. I love sales and hate buying anything not on sale. So that is solved too.

Now if the boxes would just pack themselves....

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Packing Boxes

Thanks to all of you who regularly pray for us by looking at this blog. Andy was recently at a church and he said several people came to him and were appreciative of this blog to know how to pray. It blesses me that people would take the time to let us know.

Life is pretty crazy right now. I have 3 areas to ask you to pray today.

1. We are working to get things packed to go and packed to ship. Would you pray that each thing we do is directed and blessed by God? This time we are shipping a container with household goods. This means I'm working to get these things packed to go, but also purchased to pack! I have a few more things to buy and my constant prayer is to find it affordable and available!

2. My dad has dementia and is continuing to fail physically. This is a strain on my mom and the entire family. I'm the youngest of 6 children. We are trying to come together so we can best help my parents. We need to be united to do this. (All are Christians). This week we are meeting with a counselor to help us better communicate about this difficult issue. Will you pray for that time on Friday morning?

3. This last one may sound trivial when we are raising a budget, packing to move and caring for aging parents, but it is real! I have a good friend who is German. We've been friends since high school (over 20 years). She was an exchange student who lived with my family and we are sisters in heart. She is getting married in one month and I'm going to her wedding in Germany. She's asked me to be her witness (which is like a bridesmaid). So I'm a 40 year old bridesmaid to a 40 year old bride. It makes me want to cry for joy. I'm so happy for Henrike. BUT I need to find a dress for the wedding and I'm striking out. It may seem little, but now that I know that I'm representing our American family in front of everyone at her wedding, it matters. I'm a bit stressed about it. I'm not a great shopper. So pray I can find the perfect dress. (I'm really not sure what that is!)

I'm blessed that you read this, but more blessed that you pray. We are held by that daily.