From Africa to Arkansas

I kind of forgot about this blog, which probably means everyone else has too (and by everyone else, I mean Dre and Mom :)). I started it to keep my parents updated on what is going on in our hearts and lives while they were gone. Little did I know that the same things that were stirring their hearts over in Africa would be stirring in mine half a world away. While the Lord started giving me vision through a documentary about blind Tibetan children, I texted my parents to find they were hanging out with a family who works with unreached people groups in Tibet. And the morning I spent sobbing bc I couldn't stop thinking about all of the horrible stories I had been hearing about children being treated so cruelly around the world, I called my mom to find out that people have been prophesying that my family will play a role in ministering to children sold into sex slavery. And the day after Dan and I talked about our common passion for children with disabilities, my mom called me to tell me about an orphanage in the city they'll be in that takes in children with special needs...I love that the Lord is not bound by geography. He moves everywhere all the time. While he's speaking to my parents through prophesies and dreams, he's whispering desires and plans into Dan's heart and mine through common visions and passions that he is stirring up in our marriage. I don't know where that will take us in the future...and I'm learning (not so easily) that it's ok not to know right now. When you don't have all the answers, you can only rely on what you know...and what I know is that I serve a Lord who has loves all people so so deeply and desires for us to do the same, I know I have a wonderful husband and precious family that want to see the Kingdom here on earth and I'm thankful I get to be a part of that with them, and I know that there is no such thing as being in a place where it is impossible to be effective. So even while we're here in Arkansas, I am learning that every relationship the Lord brings into my life is a divine appointment. I don't have to wait for the "bigger" plan to start seeing the Lord's will done in my life. This season is just as important as the next. I don't want to "despise the day of small beginnings" (Zechariah 4). Mom, if you get this, I love you guys! And I am so so ready to give you all a hug! Praying for more revelation and lots of rest before you come back :)!