Passionate for Paraguay

This last month was spent on the road as we traveled out to North Carolina for our training at the SIM headquarters. It was a great month but we are exhausted and so thankful to be home. Our trip started with just missing a Minnesota blizzard (the only one this winter). Along the way we were able to visit my dear friends and family. As we headed into Kentucky and Tennessee where we were surrounded by torrential rains and tornado warnings. Praise the Lord for his protection as we did arrive safely in North Carolina.

During our two weeks at training, the Lord spoke to me in so many ways. Many of the sessions pushed me to think about why we are going to Paraguay. Up until now I have had a very hard time verbalizing why this is OUR calling and not just Kevin's calling. I thought of church planting as mainly his job and mine would be taking care of the home. However, as I meditated on Scripture and thought about God's desire for people of Paraguay to know Him, I became passionate about working together with Kevin to reach the Paraguayan people. Though I am young and I am learning new things daily, I am excited to share what God has taught me with those who surround me. The more I think about it, the more I realize how passionate I am about discipling women and young girls in their relationship with the Lord. I am eager to teach them what God says about our role as women, wives, and mothers. And it is my deepest hope that I can model for them what that looks like as I live my life among them. As women come to know Christ as their personal Lord and Savior, it is my prayer that we can lift up our husbands, fathers, and brothers to the Lord as they too seek to know Christ more deeply each day.

I feel as though I could sit here and write for hours about all that the Lord is teaching me these days, but I must get to bed so that I will have the energy to love on my little ones in the morning.