It is actually quiet the opposite. God has been doing some great things in my family, my church, and in my life. I will try and recap a couple for you so that you can see His hand in my life.
We will start with family. Jeremy, Sara, and Thad will be moving this summer to Lebanon, to work in an orphanage. They are so excited to be going back into that part of the world. Jeremy will finally be using his degree to teach math and English to the students at the school there in Lebanon, while Sara gets to use her great people skills to work with publicity for the children. It is always cool to see how God uses the talents that He has given us. The big thing that God has done for us lately has to do with my mom. Back story :) When mom was nine years old she had this pain in her lower abdomen and so they took her to the doctor to get it checked out. They discovered that her tube had wrapped around her ovary but also that she had ovarian cancer. They removed her ovary and that was the end of that. Well a couple of weeks ago mom was having lots of pain in her back and right side, so she went to the doctor, which for her is a big deal. It turns out that she had a lot of gallstones in her gallbladder but when they did the sonogram they found a spot on her kidney. It turned out to be tumor but it is only 3 cm so they think there is a chance they will only have to remove part of the kidney. This is twice that God has used something else to lead them to a tumor or cancer. God has been looking out for her and I know that He will continue to do so through all the things ahead.
Church!! Things have been going so great at my church in Sundown. God has led me to a place where I can dive deep into the word and learn new things about Him each week. I have also been very fortunate to make some friends and a family has adopted me in for Sunday lunch each week.
Then there is my life. God is showing me that each day He is enough, that even if I did not have anything else that it would be okay because He is everything that I need. My gave me a book called "Radical" I just started reading it and there are already things that have really been tugging on my heart. I know that there is always room for improvement and I have been asking God to show me the places that I need to improve in. He has also been giving me opportunities to build some great relationships with my students and to be able to talk to them about their lives and ways for me to pray for them. Even though this year had a rough start God has really helped me through and has continued to show me that the classroom is a great mission field.
I will try and do better about keeping you posted on what happens with my family, my church and with me. God is doing amazing things and I am glad that He is allowing me to be apart of them. I hope everything is going good with all of you.
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