What's New

Ok. So. We have recently visited Honduras to find our selves going back in October. We are going for a month and taking our children to see what life has in store for us in the future.
I find this "missions thing" is kinda like deciding to have children. On one hand it is really easy to decide to have children ( for us anyway ). We love kids and love the thought of having a large family with many differences among each other, Love to love our children and love the thought of what they may bring to the kingdom. On the other hand it's hard...knowing all the responsiblities that may be added, on top of the resposibilities we already have. But yet again, it's always something we've (as a couple)wanted. Pro's way out way the con's. And either way you can almost never fail.
Either way you learn...you grow...your stretched...those around you grow and stretch and more than ever before we REALLY depend on the provision of the Lord. I alway thought I knew what it ment, until I've approached this moment in life. Neither Zach nor I have jobs (which is really something very unexpencted). Usually I would be very nervous and probably feeling a bit unsettled, but I don't. I feel more at peace now in my life than I've ever felt. There are a lot of things to do to get prepaired to go and a lot of emotions that flood me at times all in which get a little overwhelming, but by the revelation that a good friend of mine just shared with me, the overwhelmingness is due to the desire to have everything thing "just right". Which then reminded me that, "I am not in control!" because if I was we wouldn't be were we are now. We wouldn't be without jobs and selling everything we have. But in saying that the decision to go back would have been a lot harder, which in all may have changed the whole course of where our life is going with Jesus in control. Thank you JESUS!  Anyway I guess I said all that to say this, Please pray for us as we start a new journey in our lives and please pray for the hearts and minds of those around us.
And that's what's on my mind today. Thanks for reading my mind.
Erica Standridge : )