Over the past 6 months we have hugged many of you and shared about God’s call for us to move to Ireland. As we’ve shared most of you asked the question, “When will you leave?” And, most of the time, we answered that it depended on support, but our goal was the end of January. We would never have said that God’s clear, audible voice told us we would move in January. In fact, God never answered the question of “when” about our move. So we set some goals for ourself and it appeared that January would be the best time to go. Well… here we are at the end of January, and there is definitely no plane ticket yet. Because of that, the newest question is, “Now what?” Inside of this incredible lack of activity, Satan started being a big jerk, putting a lot of doubt and frustration in my mind concerning Ireland. I had even begun formulating the email about how God changed our plans and we weren’t moving anymore. Somewhere deep inside I think I knew that it was Satan causing doubt, but in my conscious thoughts I was confused. I knew that God had blessed us to go to Ireland before, but I was asking for a very clear, multiple choice, word from God again – a) Yes, go to Ireland or b) No, don’t go to Ireland. As support raising continued to be non-existent, my prayers became more and more urgent. Eventually, because of the confusion in my mind, my prayer simply became “Lord, tell Corey what we’re supposed to do.” And a few weeks ago… God spoke. Corey and I had a great conversation and I asked him, “Do you know absolutely that God is calling us to move to Ireland?” and Corey could very clearly and confidently say, “yes.” That was followed by a great meeting with our missions pastor, Leighton, where I talked about my fears and frustrations… and eventually understood that I had become burnt out on support raising. Between Leighton and my good friend Amy, God showed me that I had been carrying the burden of raising our finances on my shoulders… forgetting that it is up to God to provide and that Corey and I are a team. Leighton gave me some very pointed homework – delegate responsibilities, make a schedule that includes things that are not support raising, and go have some fun.
