I am completely wiped out! We took a quick day and overnight trip to the beach, Thursday and Friday, to participate in a family reunion on my dad’s side. Once again, Karis decided not to sleep well, but all in all we had a wonderful time of fellowship with our family. Most of them are not walking with the Lord, so it provided a sweet opportunity to extend the love of Christ to them. The beach, sun, lots of talking, two late nights (one driving home late), etc. has put me down for the day. I was amazed how exhausted my body was after returning home.
In all the years past of family reunions, it was a real chore to attend and hang out with my relatives, due to the vast differences of families and the way we were raised. We have alot of family weaknesses and challenges that run in the family (depression, obsession with appearance and body figure among the girls, desire to be successful, etc). The Lord changed my heart this time around and we were able to come with a real heart of compassion and love this time…and I am amazed at the difference in experiences. Praise the Lord!
Now we look forward to our week long mission outreach to our city this next week with other families (young and old alike). We will be serving Monday-Saturday at different local ministries. Serving the homeless, cleaning up local park, completing service projects for widows, etc. With this in mind, I am not sure how much time I will be able to devote to blogging this week, but we would greatly appreciate your prayers for our team.
Please pray for:
- team unity
- servant’s hearts
- protection as we travel around the city
- opportunities to speak His name!
- that God may be glorified over all!
Thank you so much! Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!