Praise God, we survived our two week pre-field orientation in Mississippi and are back in Richmond. It was an awesome experience and we met some great people who will be heading around the world over the next few weeks. It was truly amazing to spend 12 days with ~180 men and women who, like us, are willing to sacrifice their lives here in the states in order to carry God's love to the corners of the world (South America, Africa, Asia, Europe). But I am glad to be home and looking forward to sleeping in my king size bed tonight.
Over the next 3 weeks many things have to come to completion. My time at Panera will come to an end which I am really sad about because I work with some awesome people. Holly will hopefully have her replacement trained at her job. We have to get all of our stuff put into storage - thanks so much to Daniel and Amanda, and the small bit of our lives that is going with us will be packed into suitcases and rubbermaid tubs. To be honest this is the most excited and scared I have ever been at any point in my 33 years on earth. I have done some amazing and crazy things, but all of that fails to compare to this. But it is a good fear as it is causing me to think more about who God is and how He is working through this opportunity. I am super excited to see what God is going to do in Singapore and in our lives. Please continue to pray for Holly, Noah and me as we try to get everything finalized on our end before we head overseas.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
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Steve,
ReplyDeleteNot sure if you remember me...Amy (Bullock) from our younger days in Tarboro?
I just wanted to tell you how excited I am for you and your family. I know God is with yall every step you take in this journey. I teach children missions at my church in Stantonsburg. We talk about missionaries like you all the time...about how great of people missonaries are to sacrifices everything and move for the love and trust in God. If you need anything that our little missions group can do please let me know...they would be so excited to anything!
In my prayers,
Amy Bottoms