Passage of Time!

I am always amazed by how quickly time passes. You have all these plans and things to do and days and weeks planned out and before you know it the time is gone. That is what this last week and really the last 3 months have felt like. Time speeding along with little concern for all the things we try to fit into it. This past week was as I mentioned in the last post a time of team building and specifically really solidifying our places or were we fit into the team. It was incredible to go through all the different areas needing to be filled and then looking specifically at the individual team members to assess where our gifts and talents where. For myself I ended up with some great responsibilities which I am super excited for. They include media: making sure the world is kept up to date on our activities (I love this one because it allows me free reign with my artistic skills and photography as well as writing), Librarian: being a resource person for the team and others, Member care: counseling members of the team, (this one is incredible since this is an area I dearly desire to grow in so the opportunity to use it in such a great environment is awesome), and Facilitator:) I get to boss everyone around in team meetings. That should be fun! Who ever said working for the Lord is boring. I would argue that being a missionary is the best possible job a person could have. I am so excited to start this new chapter in my life.

We also purchased our tickets! Which means we officially are leaving now, people can stop asking us why we aren't gone yet:) That's pretty exciting. We fly out early on the 7th of May.

It has been an awesome time of growing with the team as well as growing into this responsibility the Lord is laying on each of us. I think of the verse that talks about if we are faithful in the little things than He will give us bigger things to work on. This is definitely bigger for me!
Each of your prayers would be much appreciated as there are a lot of things to wrap up before I go. One being bringing in the remainder of the support I need which also includes a 3 month buffer of 10,000 dollars in case of emergency. We have to have this in the bank before we may leave. That at the moment is my biggest need but I also need to raise about 1000 dollars more a month. I have no doubt the Lord can bring this in. He has continually shown Himself to be faithful. But being human, it is a concern:) The other thing I need to do is sell my car. If any of you know someone who is looking for a simple car to drive to work and pleasure driving my car is a 94 Hyundai Scope, with under 209000km and in relatively good condition. It's not a fancy car by any means but reliable. I'm asking about 2,300 for it at the moment. I'd appreciate any advice on this as I need to get this sold before I leave.

So those are some practical needs at the moment. Also pray that the Lord would continue to prepare me for this next 3 years. I feel in so many ways inadequate and yet I know He is strong in our weakness.

I came across this quote I've had for years and just wanted to share it. It's a beautiful thought. "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." Don't you love that.

Well thank you for walking out this time of preparation with me. I pray the Lord's many blessings on each of you as you bless others.
In Him,
Bitsy