It's official! We leave in 6 weeks!!!! We are so excited and know that God has opened the doors for us to go to Malawi this year. We didn't have any set-in-stone plans for vacation this year and about 3 weeks ago our Pastor Ed asked us if we would consider going to Malawi with him and another young married couple in our church who we have become friends with. In the days leading up to Pastor Ed asking us to go, God had really been putting Malawi on my heart for some reason. When we were asked, it was almost like I was expecting it, and I think that was God's way of letting me know he was opening up this door for us. We will be going to an orphanage run by a missionary couple from our church, Will and Pam. They started an orphanage from nothing and now have a full staff of workers and hundreds of children to look after. I haven't been overseas in about 5 years and I've never been to Africa. I've been to Asia and Europe, but not Africa. Steven went to Uganda about 8 years ago, however, we've never been on a mission's trip together. I am very excited and expectant for how God is going to use this experience to bring us closer together and to use us as a married couple in whatever way He chooses. I haven't posted about this until now because we wanted to tell my parents in person first (my whole family is here visiting right now). Why you may ask? Here's the kicker... My orientation night of Master's Commission in 2000 up here in Washington was the first night Pam came to our church too. That is where my parents met her for the first time and over the year of Master's Commission and the years since I've lived here, my parents would reconnect with Pam whenever they were visting. Pam met Will and they were married a few years ago and they both felt called to Malawi, Africa to start an orphanage. On one of their visits back to the States, they shared at our church service. It just happened to be a weekend that my parent's were visiting. Will and Pam showed a video of the orphans they were working with and the kids were all singing and smiling huge smiles and waving. looked over at my Dad and tears were streaming down his face. From that point on, he wanted to go to Malawi with my mom. About 6 months ago or so, my dad had a ton of flight miles that he had to use up so he decided to buy tickets for him and my mom to go see Will and Pam. He chose the dates of May 15-31st. And guess when Steven and I will be there? May 12th-24th!!!!!!!!!!! How amazing is God???? I will get to meet up with my parents in Malawi at the same exact orphanage!! What are the chances that the dates would have overlapped?? And this is my mom's very first mission's trip, so I will get to share the memories with her. I am extremely grateful to God for his goodness and I can't wait for what He has in store for us in Malawi! Africa, here we come!
Friday, March 28, 2008
We're Going to Malawi, Africa!!!
It's official! We leave in 6 weeks!!!! We are so excited and know that God has opened the doors for us to go to Malawi this year. We didn't have any set-in-stone plans for vacation this year and about 3 weeks ago our Pastor Ed asked us if we would consider going to Malawi with him and another young married couple in our church who we have become friends with. In the days leading up to Pastor Ed asking us to go, God had really been putting Malawi on my heart for some reason. When we were asked, it was almost like I was expecting it, and I think that was God's way of letting me know he was opening up this door for us. We will be going to an orphanage run by a missionary couple from our church, Will and Pam. They started an orphanage from nothing and now have a full staff of workers and hundreds of children to look after. I haven't been overseas in about 5 years and I've never been to Africa. I've been to Asia and Europe, but not Africa. Steven went to Uganda about 8 years ago, however, we've never been on a mission's trip together. I am very excited and expectant for how God is going to use this experience to bring us closer together and to use us as a married couple in whatever way He chooses. I haven't posted about this until now because we wanted to tell my parents in person first (my whole family is here visiting right now). Why you may ask? Here's the kicker... My orientation night of Master's Commission in 2000 up here in Washington was the first night Pam came to our church too. That is where my parents met her for the first time and over the year of Master's Commission and the years since I've lived here, my parents would reconnect with Pam whenever they were visting. Pam met Will and they were married a few years ago and they both felt called to Malawi, Africa to start an orphanage. On one of their visits back to the States, they shared at our church service. It just happened to be a weekend that my parent's were visiting. Will and Pam showed a video of the orphans they were working with and the kids were all singing and smiling huge smiles and waving. looked over at my Dad and tears were streaming down his face. From that point on, he wanted to go to Malawi with my mom. About 6 months ago or so, my dad had a ton of flight miles that he had to use up so he decided to buy tickets for him and my mom to go see Will and Pam. He chose the dates of May 15-31st. And guess when Steven and I will be there? May 12th-24th!!!!!!!!!!! How amazing is God???? I will get to meet up with my parents in Malawi at the same exact orphanage!! What are the chances that the dates would have overlapped?? And this is my mom's very first mission's trip, so I will get to share the memories with her. I am extremely grateful to God for his goodness and I can't wait for what He has in store for us in Malawi! Africa, here we come!
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