Monday, May 28, 2007

Decisions, decisions

What a wild couple of weeks. Again, we have had many lookers for the house, but no offers yet. Same story. We have been proceeding with plans to be at orientation in August. We have sold many pieces of furniture (to lighten the load of a move) and will store the rest in a storage facility. The kids have their passports so we are ready to go. As I have said, we trust that the Lord's timing in this is perfect, and we do not know how He will work things out when we are at orientation and still have a house payment that we will not be able to make. It has been a roller-coaster of emotion here over this, but we always come back to the realization that it is the enemy who is seeking to steal our joy in this matter. We thank all who are praying for us in this matter. We are so excited and blessed to be going where God is sending us, and we will not let satan take this joy and blessing away! We have decided to lower the price of the house. The amount will still pay off everything we owe everywhere, but not leave us with much to purchase the things we need to travel, such as luggage. We continue to trust that the Lord is in complete control, and will press on to do what we need to prepare and not let this situation be a stumbling block in our preparations. I know it is blocking me from writing anything really interesting here, which is why it has been 2 weeks since my last post. I just have not had the motivation to write lately. Please continue to pray for our family during this time.

Following Jesus,

SAM

3 comments:

Darrell said...

May God bless you for your steps of faith. I continue to intercede for you. Here are some verses that came to mind as I prayed for you today:

Joshua 1:9 I command you—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

Psalms 27:14 Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.

Psalms 31:24 So be strong and take courage, all you who put your hope in the LORD!

Debbie Kaufman said...

SAM: It's so great to be able to walk through this journey with you in prayer. Thank you for your honesty and opening our eyes to the process which isn't as easy as most of us lay people would like to think.

S.A.M. said...

Thank you Darrell and Debbie. We are encouraged by your words. I guess God has different plans than we have, doesn't He?