Faith

I don't know where to begin and I have a feeling this blog post is going to be going every which way. I apologize for that in advance. 

Faith is such a small word but such a difficult one for me. By definition faith means confidence or trust in a person, thing, deity, or in the doctrines or teachings of a religion. This whole journey has taught me one thing, my faith is very small. I trust God to provide in the big scheme of things, but the day to day I can't see it and I am really  start struggling with doubt. How can I doubt Him when so far on this journey He has shown me this is where we are suppose to be. He has opened every door and provided everything thus far. 

While on my journey to Southeast Asia I struggled so much with faith, for provision, and with doubt. I doubted my motives for going on the trip at that time and again for provision for the trip. At that point I had pretty much all the money for the trip but still stressed day in and day out about the finances. One night God came to me in a dream saying "let go Hannah I have you" my response was so me I told God, the God that created me and has everything in His power I couldn't, I was scared." Finally I let go and He caught me. Why do I want to hold on to this? Worrying and doubting gets me no where but sick to my stomach and grouchy. It makes everyone around me grouchy and just makes everything awful. 

The other day while reading my Bible I came across Joshua 1:9 " Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." It was like God was talking to me. Telling me again stop worrying and doubting Him. He has this. Most days I can overcome it with God's help. Other days I struggle all day and can't seem to shake it. I ask for prayer for us on this journey. I feel as if the journey to get to YWAM is just as important as the journey we will begin once we leave the states. I pray that you will consider sponsoring and praying for us along this journey. We can for surely feel your prayers so far and we thank y'all for that!  

Hannah

Visas & Background Checks

things are progressing nicely, so far we've completed our background checks and are working on our Visas. such a process! 

this weekend - weather permitting - we are having our Yard Sale and anticipate a LOT of stuff being sold!!! hopefully we'll have pics to post as well :) 

also i am meeting up w/ a friend to design our t-shirts and get those on our site - i'm very excited about this! we should have something set in motion here within the next week or so! :) and we will be able to ship Worldwide. 

that's it for now, back to work and i believe hannah will have a post on here soon :)

beverly 

3 months or less

hello all :) i hope everyone had a lovely Easter!  sorry it's been a bit since we've updated. well things have been slow moving these past few weeks but hannah notified me that we are due to head out in 2 months and like 20ish days. which - whoa! that's sneaking up on us pretty quickly. we're still well under our goal of $16,000. so right now we've just got plane tickets in hand and no funds for school. ah but they call it faith for a reason, right? :) all i know is that God is mighty, faithful and will provide all that we need. 

a couple of thoughts that have struck me lately that i wanted to share:

1) i have been watching The Bible series on The History Channel and there was a part that really stuck with me (aside from the obvious crucifixion/resurrection aspect) from the last episode - it was a scene depicted from Acts 3:6 - But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you...." and this reminded me of our calling and focus. though we may not always have money, we can always share the Gospel of Christ with others. watching this series, reminded me of the sacrifices others have made in order for us to be able to share the Gospel of Christ with others (usually w/out physical harm). i am so grateful for the men and women, then and now. 

2) i was able to attend a special service last night at one of our large local churches, Seacoast in Mt. Pleasant. where Matt Redman would be singing and his lovely wife, Beth, speaking. it was a last minute decision but i am so thankful i went! the message was so spot on for me. i have always enjoyed matt's music but never knew his testimony. hearing his wife speak of their various hardships that led them to write "you never let go" moved me. that in such tragedy such a powerful song could be written. this song has special meaning to me, b/c about 5 years ago i went through a pretty devastating time of loss and this song became my anthem.  it blew me away how God reminded me, AGAIN of His faithfulness, incredible kindness and attention to detail over the years :) what an amazing Savior! i love the fact that despite anything you've been through, He's never let go. <3

and finally last thought - God has placed this verse on our hearts recently as a reminder -  joshua 1:9 -  ^"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

- beverly