Wisconsin Wedding

Hello friends! I know you are impressed to hear from me again so quickly! I have some good news that I would like to share with you. On Tuesday, December 4, I got a new sister! Yup, my brother Isaac married Brooklyn and I was able to fly home to surprise them and be there for their wedding. I was just home for Thanksgiving and did not think that I would be able to come home again for the wedding. However, my work was amazing and gave me a couple days off when dad was able to get me a ticket home. I flew home Tuesday morning. I got home just in time to hide in the closet where my brother's suit was hanging before he got home. He came in to hang up a new shirt he got and I jumped out and surprised him! It was great - he was so surprised and excited that I was there. We got ready and met Brook and her family at the courthouse. The wedding was very nice and we were pleased that God was not left out of the public wedding ceremony at our county courthouse. We then all went out to eat dinner at one of our favorite places to eat - the Tokyo House. It is one of those places that make the food in front of you. We had a great time and I was so happy that I could be there for their special day. They want to have a bigger, fancy wedding this spring/summer and invite friends and family.

God also blessed me with a beautiful snowstorm when I was home! It has been a long time since I have seen snow like that as it was so warm last Christmas when I was home. It was so beautiful and made it feel like Christmas. It is strange to have a Christmas tree up in my apartment in Columbia when it is in the 70's and 80's this week!

I also wanted to share with you how encouraged I was at church this morning. Pastor Travis talked about the Great Commission from Matthew 28:16-20. I was reminded again of how the mission is the Lord's and not ours. I cannot do this in my own strength. As I look at all that I need to do before I leave this summer and all of the money that I need to pay off, it is easy to become overwhelmed. But my Father owns the cattle on a thousand hills. He is the one who is sending me and He is the one who will provide for me. It is not my job to have the resources, it is my job to follow His leading and as I do He will provide as He has so many times in the past. Thanks Pastor Travis for letting God use you today to speak to my heart.

May you all have a renewed sense of wonder at what the Lord is doing all around you. May you be encouraged today and praise the Lord, no matter how overwhelming your circumstances may be!

Fun Times!

Hello dear friends and family! I hope you all had a marvelous Thanksgiving holiday with loved ones. This year I am so thankful for where God has brought me and how He has provided for me and sustained me through a variety of experiences.

I am thankful for the warm weather of the South! A week ago it was so warm that my friend Linda and I took the top off the Jeep and went for a spin. We got to drive through beautiful leaves and just enjoy the outdoors and being silly! We went to park that is a little sanctuary in the middle of the city where we love to go. There are lots of people walking their dogs and they are so fun to watch! The ducks are pretty funny too , the noisy little things!

Then Linda and I got to go up North! I was able to spend Thanksgiving with my family in Wisconsin and that was just great. The first two days we were home it snowed and it was so beautiful! I think it is a good start to actually having a white Christmas this year. I got to do a little special shopping with my family (more details to come later) and eat some delicious food, and see so many people at church on Sunday. It was so great to be home and see my friends and family again. The time at home was too short, but I am looking forward to about a week and a half at home over Christmas.

That's about all the news I have for now. I am still waiting on more details about where I will be going this summer so no new news there.

I hope you have a blessed day and give joy to the Lord, for He is good!

Switchfoot/Relient K Pictures

Getting Settled, Again

Hello again friends,

Well, it seems as if my life is constantly moving and changing. I wonder if I will ever truly be settled anywhere again. I am getting used to life in South Carolina as a working woman instead of a student. My roommate Linda has been back for almost a month now and it is SO great to see her again. We lived together for six weeks in North Africa and it was good preparation for life as roommates. We have a great apartment just behind campus so she can walk to classes. We have good friends as neighbors and are slowly getting our house looking like a home. The walls are still pretty empty, but we are working on that. We now have curtains and some borrowed furniture and that is a huge blessing!

I passed my pre-appointment interview a couple of weeks ago and now am well on my way to heading overseas full time this summer. I just need to get my school loans paid off, which I am trusting the Lord to provide for. Even with the best paying job, it is impossible for me to have them paid off before I leave so this is a huge "wall" I am walking around. Thank you for marching with me - I am excited to see how God is going to bring this wall crashing down!

Work at the March of Dimes is going well. Long days and much different than working at the church, though much of the work is similar. I am just getting used to things there, feeling more confident in knowing what I am doing and learning a whole new "march of dimes" vocabulary. Last week I told my supervisor that I am planning on heading overseas and that I can only work through April or mid May. They are looking for someone who can be there long term and I felt deceitful keeping my future plans from them when I have no intention of staying there long term. I don't know what is going to happen now, but they are most likely going to be looking for someone new. This is another leap of faith for me because I knew what the likely results of telling them would be. But I trust the Lord to be faithful and keep providing for me. I am still working through the temp agency so I trust that they will help me find another position if that is what becomes necessary. I appreciate your prayers in this as well. I trust the Lord to lead me to the place He wants me to be right now.

On another note, I have found a new church home. When I came back from North Africa my small church plant I was going to seemed to have disappeared. The plan was to join with another church this fall for a new church plant, but I am not sure when or if that is happening and I am not sure where anyone from my old church has ended up. So I started looking for a church down here. I have visited many churches over the last year and one thing that has been hard is that people aren't very friendly or welcoming. However, the church I have found is amazing! It is a little Baptist church that is full of mostly older people (60's, 70's, 80's and older)! They are so welcoming and loving! For example, this morning at church we got so loved on! Many people each week come up to us and tell us how glad they are that we are there and how much they want us to come back. You can see the love of Christ flowing out of them. We have been to lunch with a couple in the church and talked about ministry possibilities there. Not only are the people incredibly welcoming, but the pastor is amazing. He is a younger pastor and his preaching is amazing. He tells it like it is and every week speaks from the Word and his heart for evangelism is seen in each message. Every week I leave feeling fed and convicted. He reminds me so much of Pastor Jack! It is like I am back home and that is a great feeling!

I think that is all the news for now...oh, except for the fact that I chopped my hair off yesterday. Yikes! I am still getting used to it and don't really know what I think about it yet!

I apologize for not keeping in as good of touch lately. I do not have internet at home and I can't e-mail from work so I have the weekends to try to catch up with you all! Please don't stop writing, I love hearing from you and y'all are such an encouragement to me! May the Lord bless you and keep you this week.

With Love,

Josie

1 Down, 1 To Go

Hey y'all!

As you know, I was back in Wisconsin the end of July. I had an amazing time with friends and family. When I was there, I had my consecration interview. As a woman worker in the C&MA, I do not go through ordination, I go through a process called consecration. I had to read books, write papers, record a couple of sermons or teachings, things like that. The last step of the process is a big interview where I am asked a bunch of theological questions. I was so nervous, but I ended up passing - Praise the Lord! My friend Emily had her first interview with the CMA, an accreditation interview, the same day. She passed as well and she is now a missionary candidate. The picture above is of the two of us very excited to see each other and be able to go through our big interviews together.

This Wednesday I have what is called a Pre-Appointment Interview. I will be interviewed by my candidate director, another man from the national office and a couple from the district. This interview will cover my psychological evaluations that I had to take this summer (sorry, I'm not officially crazy...unofficially maybe!), some theological material, as well as just talking and seeing if I'm ready to head overseas next summer full time. We will also talk seriously about where I will be placed. Hopefully by the time I leave the interview I will have a pretty good idea where I will be heading.

I am excited for this interview, but also a bit nervous of course. This is the last major interview before I get appointed officially sometime in October or November I think. I have been working towards this for so long and it is crazy to think that I might actually be here. It is terrifying and exciting all at the same time!

There are still some major walls that need to come down before I would go overseas this summer. The biggest one is my school loans. I have several thousand dollars in debt from my year in seminary that I need to pay off before I leave. This is not humanly possible. Please pray with me for the Lord to provide as only He can do.

I would appreciate your prayers for this Wednesday as well. My interview is in Charlotte, North Carolina at 9:00am. Charlotte is about 2 hours from Columbia so I'll have to get up pretty early that morning to drive there.

I appreciate y'all so much. Thanks for your prayers for me. Work has been going well. It was rough at first, but they are finally giving me work to do so I am busy throughout the day and that is excellent! Thanks for your prayers, the Lord has provided me with a well paying job that I think I will end up enjoying.

Until next time...

Whirlwind of a Week

Hey friends!

Well, I've now been back in the U.S. for about two weeks. Has it been that long already?! North Africa was amazing and now I'm back to everyday reality. For me that looks like job hunting. I am looking for work in the Columbia, SC area. It is somewhat frustrating as I have applied at so many places and have had very little positive feedback as of yet. But I know that God has something out there for me and He will provide as I keep looking. Please pray that He would provide a good job for me soon. Thanks!

This week is going to be a whirlwind of a week. Today and tomorrow I am doing some serious job hunting as well as studying for my big interview I have on Friday. On Wednesday I am going to Six Flags with some friends from school and am super excited about that! Thursday morning I will drag myself out of bed early and head to the airport to go HOME for a couple of days! I'm so excited to get to go home and see many of you! I get to hang out with my family, play with my dog, see good friends, go to MY church! It will be a great couple of days.

Friday morning at 8:30am I have my consecration interview. This is like an ordination interview for girls. That is the big interview I am studying for this week! I am sure it will go just fine, but I'm still nervous about it. Most of you know that I have a horrible memory and there is so much to remember! On Saturday we are celebrating my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary! I have family flying in from all over the place and it will be super fun to all be together again. It has been so long. I will get to meet spouses and kids and all sorts of people who are related to me that I haven't met yet! Sunday I get to go to church and then share about North Africa after the service. I am excited to share what God did this summer! Monday is full of appointments and last minute stuff and I head back to South Carolina on Tuesday. And somewhere in there I need to learn how to drive my new Harley Davidson V-Rod!

I would appreciate your prayers for this next week while I'm home. I want it to be a valuable time full of good memories and Kingdom work. Thank you all for being such a special part of my life!

13 More Days

Hey y'all!

It is hard to believe that I actually graduate in 13 days. Where has this year gone? Am I really done with graduate studies? Crazy! I have finished some huge things that were on my plate so I am feeling much less stress as far as school goes. This coming week I have to do all of my work for my weekend class, which will take a while, but is not too difficult. After that, I'm done! As of the second class gets done on Saturday I am done with everything!

Ah, there is light at the end of the tunnel! The last week will consist of reading Ted Dekkers newest novel, cleaning my house, packing up my stuff, shopping for appropriate clothes for North Africa at some local thrift stores, saying goodbye to friends and getting to see family that is coming down for my graduation. I am really looking forward to these next couple of weeks!

The undergrad graduation was yesterday so our campus has turned into a ghost town. I have never heard it so quiet or seen it so deserted. This will be an interesting last two weeks with only graduate and seminary students on campus. With the undergrads being done, it means that our team has said goodbye until May 23rd when we will all meet up in Atlanta for some orientation before heading to North Africa on the 25th.

This brings me to some important prayer requests. As those of you who have been following this blog for a while know, it is called Josie's Jericho for a reason. There are often things in my life that remind me of a huge wall that seems impenetrable. However, just as at Jericho where the Israelites walked around the walls and finally they came tumbling down, I have seen that as I walk around the walls in my own life through prayer, they come tumbling down as well.

So, I have some "walls" for you to walk around with me in regards to North Africa. One is finances. I am convinced that God is going to provide financially in one way or another. He has encouraged our team in little ways. However, the reality is that we still need in a LOT of money in a very short period of time. Personally, I still need $3,697.00. To me, this seems like a huge wall, yet I know that to God it is just money and He can easily provide it. Please pray with us that all of our finances would come in on time. If you feel that God would have you help meet this need in a practical way, that would be great too! Another "wall" for you to walk around with our team is the health of one of our team leaders. He has rheumatoid arthritis and will find out on the 16th if he can go on the trip this summer or not. We are praying for complete healing. He has been feeling much better lately and we trust that God has called him to play a vital role on this team and will heal him. The last "wall" that you can walk around with us is for a visa for one of our team members. Because she is from Honduras, she needs a visa before she leaves, the rest of us will receive ours when we arrive in country. It has been sent in and we are praying that it will be processed and returned in time.

On a personal note, I was able to rent a great apartment for when I get back this summer. I felt good in signing the lease because I only have to give 30 days notice when I move and the deposit goes toward the first month's rent. So, I have a place to stay that is very near campus and close to friends. Now I just need a job. The interview that I wrote about last time went really well. I am very qualified for the job and it would pay enough to get my loans paid off. Their obvious concern is that they would be hiring me and I would probably only be there 10 months. However, the woman who interviewed me liked me a lot and wanted to hire me so I am encouraged. Hopefully I will hear back soon one way or another. I have also started the process to head overseas for my first four year term in a year. There is a lot I need to do in the next year and even before I leave for North Africa. Yikes!

So there is a lot to be seeking the Lord for and praising Him for. I see His fingerprints all over my life and I praise Him for His loving guidance and care for me. Thank you all so much for joining with me as victorious prayer warriors, for the battle belongs to the Lord!

I will try to update you before I leave for North Africa. However, if I don't get that chance, know that I covet your prayers this summer. Thank you for taking this journey with me!

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

~ Hebrews 11:30

Four More Weeks!

I guess it's about that time huh? It seems like it has been a long time since I have updated y'all. Life is so busy these days. I have about four more weeks until I graduate! Wow! These next two weeks especially will be just crazy. But my last week of school I think I will have everything done and will have a week to rest and relax...or have fun with friends, pack and get ready for North Africa!

Let's see, what did I do this month? Last time I wrote, I was on Spring Break. Thanks for your prayers, I did get my midterms done and I did pretty well on them! Our team got the opportunity to share at school about our trip this summer. We finally got our prayer letters out. (If you did not receive one, and you would like one, please send me an e-mail with your address and I will get one out to you. Some of you I do not have addresses for and I did get a few letters back in the mail.) Hmm, what else did I do? I went to a concert with some friends at a military base, got pulled over by the military police, lots of fun! Our North Africa team had a birthday lunch for two of the guys on our team at a local steak house (see picture above). I went bowling with some friends from 11pm - 2am last weekend - that was fun, way past my bedtime! I watched two friends win their soccer games in the CIU cup. And, I've had many group meetings for various class projects. It has been a busy month, but a fun one.

I have also been praying this month about my future. I really appreciate you joining me in prayer. I feel like God wants me to stay down here. I have peace about that. I have a job interview tomorrow at a large church downtown. It is for an administrative position. Please pray with me about that! The interview itself will be a great cultural experience. I had to ask people from the south what to wear, and get out my fanciest clothes! I am also starting to look for a place to live along with two other gals. I feel like as I have moved forward in the decision to stay that God has continued to open doors. Please pray that if this is not the direction He wants me to go in, that He would re-direct me quickly!

Other than that, life has been a steady stream of homework and preparations for this summer. Please pray with me that the finances our team needs will come in quickly, we leave in about a month. We need to order our plane tickets, but we need the money in our accounts first.

I appreciate and love y'all so much. May God bless you abundantly this month!

“Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men.

Do not pray for the tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle.”

~Bishop Phillips Brooks

The Southern Way of Life

Hey Y'all! Sorry it's been so long since my last update. I've been a busy gal. Let's see, what did I do last month? I have made it about half way through my last semester at CIU. That is strange to think about! I have had lots of fun with friends lately. We had a Superman movie marathon one weekend. We watched all five Superman movies in two nights. We took the top off the Jeep one beautiful day and had an adventure. There's nothing like feeling the wind and singing with the radio turned way up with good friends! I have gotten some good homework in there as well. I have been doing well in my research class so far - thanks for the prayers about that! It is always a challenge, and I feel like a fish out of the water, but so far so good.

I have had several southern cultural experiences lately. I went to a Presbyterian church with some friends a few weeks ago. They were having something special in their Sunday School class and I went along. It was a typical huge brick and white southern church with large steeple and a building so big we got lost! Everyone was dressed up a lot - suit and ties and dresses. They had a huge choir with nice blue robes and a big organ. The Sunday School class was great and the preaching was excellent! It was great, I felt like I had really experienced some southern culture after going there.

This week is Spring Break. We are not allowed to stay on campus so I am currently with some friends at a beach house in Myrtle Beach. However, before that I experienced some more southern culture! My friend Linda's dad was in Birmingham, Alabama for a couple days to visit some churches and his mission. So Linda and I drove down there on Sunday. I think most of you remember that Linda is from Honduras so it was fun for her to see her dad and it was great to meet him. They talked in Spanish a lot and it was fun for me to try to figure out what they were talking about! We stayed there until Tuesday morning and I got to see some more of the "real south". I don't think it gets much more southern than Birmingham, Alabama! We had a great time and on Tuesday we had another long road trip. We left Birmingham at 7:00am, drove all day, stopped by campus to pick up our things for the rest of break and drove to Myrtle Beach. It was a very long day, but we had fun.

We are staying at a house one block from the beach. It belongs to a friend's grandma so we are able to stay there for free! Yesterday we went to a deserted beach and it was lots of fun. It was a beautiful day out and I got really sunburned. For those of you who have never seen me anything but white, enjoy the above picture. If you look real close you can see some red arms!! I look like a lobster, but maybe, just maybe it will turn to a tan instead of just going away this time! This morning we got up and did homework on the beach all morning. Now I am at a local library checking e-mail, updating my blog and hopefully doing more homework!

As you can tell, I have been doing really well. There are some things that I would love for you to join me in prayer about. I have two midterms to take this week during break. Please pray that I would get them done and done well. I also have other homework to do. We finally received all of our information for North Africa this summer and I am working on addressing envelopes this week. Hopefully I will be able to get my letters printed and sent out early next week so be looking for those in your mail! The biggest thing on my mind right now is what happens after North Africa. Please pray for wisdom and direction for me. I would love to stay in Columbia and work and get an apartment with Linda. I am looking for a job either here in South Carolina or back in Wisconsin, preferably in ministry. It is difficult to look for work when I can't start until July or August. However, I need to know where I will be living fairly soon so that I can arrange housing if I need to. So, please pray with me that God will provide a job and give me clear direction if He would have me stay down south or head back up north.

Thank you for marching around the walls of Jericho with me in prayer. I'll let y'all know when the walls come tumbling down and the Lord provides in His perfect timing!

"There is a living God.

He has spoken His word.

He means just what He says,

and will do all that He has promised."

~ J. Hudson Taylor ~

Monster Jam!

Hi friends! As you can see by the above picture, I have had some fun recently! Classes are now underway and I have found that a great way to get over syllabus shock is to go and watch huge, noisy trucks destroy things! I have always wanted to go and see Monster Trucks so when I heard they were coming to Columbia, I got a little excited! Last Friday night three of my friends and I went and had a blast! The noise, the smell, the destruction...ah, it was lovely! Okay, so I know most of you are probably laughing your heads off right about now as you picture me there, but for those of you who know me well, you won't be surprised! So have a good laugh and remember to have some fun in life and do something that you have always wanted to do - even if you get a few strange looks from your friends!

On a more serious note, things have been going well since I've been back down South. I was able to attend a C&MA Candidate Development weekend in Atlanta last weekend and that was really good. I was able to connect with my candidate director and talk about future plans a bit. I was greatly encouraged by the conversation as well as meeting other candidates from around the area.

Classes have been going well. I could use your prayer as some of them are going to be quite difficult this semester (such as my research class - ick)! But God is good and He'll help me get through. I am taking the Perspectives course at a local church for class credit and it has been amazing. I thought it would be a review for me in missions, and it has been, but I have been learing so much as well and getting a different perspective on things (pun intended)! I have been re-evaluating why I want tell people about the Lord. Is it because I have heard the statistics about how many people have never heard about Jesus? Yes. Is it because I don't want to see people spend an eternity in hell? Yes. Is it because I want my friends and loved ones to be standing with me before the throne of God in heaven someday? Yes. But what I have been realizing is that there is so much more. All of those things are good and right, but there is more. Those things are so focused on humans, but what about God? My motives are changing and my desire is to tell people about Jesus so that they will worship Him and so that He will be glorified. You see, it's all about giving God the glory. That's why we are here. God has made us to worship Him and until there are people from every tribe, tongue and nation doing so, the mission in incomplete. Each people group and culture that worships the Lord, worships Him in a different way, they worship through their culture and who they are. God is glorified by the diversity in worship. It's an amazing thing! Wow, sorry for breaking into some preaching there, but God has gotten me so excited about this and I wanted to share it with you!

So from Monster Trucks to new motives, God has been loving on me! I am excited to see what God is going to do in the next several months. I am excited to see how He reveals His glory and His power in each of our lives. He is up to something and I can't wait to see how it plays out! Won't you watch with me to see how God works in special ways? And let's share it with each other, encourage each other, and tell of His great love and works in our lives!

Happy 2007

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year friends! I have been intending to send out a Christmas letter and then a New Years letter, but I guess now this is just a Happy 2007 letter! Most of you have been getting regular updates of my blog so this may be a review for you. For others, it has been a while and I would like to catch you up on what God has been doing in my life this past year.

In January I finished up working at the Evangelical Free Church of America Short-Term Missions office. This was a sad time for me as I enjoyed my time there and learned so much. However, God was moving me along, and where He leads I must follow. That month at church I had the privilege of planning an authentic Korean dinner party when Korean missionaries to Mongolia came to our church for a visit!

In February I began working full time at the Alliance Church of Menomonie. I had been working mornings at the EFCA office and afternoons at the church. Now that I was full time at the church, I was able to put more time into the International Student Ministry. One of the things we started was an International Student Bible study. Every Friday night we would start out by serving a meal and teaching the students a new English idiom or talking about new words they had heard that week. We would then have a 30 minute Bible study and end the evening by playing games or talking more in depth about what we had studied that night. This was an amazing time for me where I learned what it might be like to start such a study overseas in the future. I was able to use my apartment for ministry - one of my goals wherever I am living!

The big event for March was again with the International students and families at our church. We decided to have a mock wedding to show students what an American wedding is like. We went all out and decorated the church sanctuary for the wedding and the gym for the reception. We had everything from the flower girl to the grandparents of the bride and groom. Our bride and groom had been married for about a year and still had a lot of things from their wedding we could use. And who says a bride doesn't get to wear her wedding dress twice?!

April was a month that was packed full of activity. I attended the Alliance Women's retreat in Green Lake, WI with a group of women from my church. It was a great time to relax and catch up with friends from around the district and my church. This month was also our Spring Missions Conference. We had our annual Great Commission Race (similar to the Amazing Race on TV) and heard from another missionary couple to Mongolia.

In May things slowed down a little bit. I began thinking about graduate school and looking for a place that would be a good fit for me. I celebrated turning a quarter of a century this month and got to spend some time with an amazing missionary to Mali, Africa who came to speak at our church. And, I finished up teaching fifth and sixth grade Bible class at our Christian school. It had been a fun year where I am pretty sure I learned a lot more than my kids!

June was a great month! I got to do something that I had always wanted to do, but never thought I would have the opportunity. I went on a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. I went with a team from my church and spent a week canoeing and camping. It was so amazing - God sure is a great artist!

In July we had beautiful weather and I got to spend some time riding my motorcycle and fishing. I was accepted into Columbia Biblical Seminary and School of Missions and was busy trying to get things arranged for this fall.

August was full of firsts and lasts. I was able to preach my first sermon (besides in preaching class) for one of our Thursday night services. I finished up working at the church. I packed for school, and I was able to cross another thing off of my "things to do before I die" list. Yup, who would have guessed it that I got to ride in a monster truck at our little county fair?! It was great fun! Too bad they wouldn't let me drive!

In September I was starting to get settled into classes and life in South Carolina. I was able to go to Charleston with some friends and we had a retreat for all of the graduate and seminary students on campus. This month was also the first meeting about North Africa where God grabbed my heart and began to open up a new door for me.

In October I got to go to my second ever state fair and see Casting Crowns in concert - they were amazing! Also, my parents came to visit me and it was great showing them around and introducing them to my new friends!

In November part of our team that is going to North Africa this summer was able to take a road trip down to Florida to learn more about the country and people we will be working with. This month was also Thanksgiving. Last year I was in Latvia, and this year I was in South Carolina. I was able to do some cooking with a couple of friends and then spend the afternoon with International and American students. I even met a Chinese girl named Josie!

December came all too quickly. I finished my first semester and am now half way to a Master of Arts degree. I flew home and the next day left for my dear friend Elizabeth's wedding in Iowa. I was able to spend a week with her before her wedding and have some special sister time! The wedding was beautiful and it was great to see friends that I haven't seen for years.

I head back to South Carolina this Sunday. I am excited to see what the Lord has planned for me this next year. What will He do in my life? Where will He take me? I would love for you to pray for me this next semester as my classes are going to be more difficult. Pray that I would learn what God wants me to learn and that I would be open to experience all that He has for me.

I treasure each one of you and your prayers. May you know the Lord deeply in 2007 and walk the path He is laying before you.