the trip of a lifetime!

So we just got back from AFRICA!!!  We had such a great time!  I could not have asked for a better team!  We laughed, some of us cried, and all of us had our paradigms completely shaken and shifted about who the Lord is and His abounding steadfast love for us.  Over the next few days we will begin to post personal stories … stories of things that happened, stories about internal struggles AND victories, and eventually stories of new perspectives, hearts, and the process of re-entry.  So, I hope you enjoy our stories ... I hope the Lord moves in your heart for personal insight, but more than that, I hope that in our stories, He awakens a love and a passion for His children who are lost across the earth ... and a desire to see them come to know the sweetest and greatest love anyone has ever  known …

 

Psalm 67

 1GOD BE merciful and gracious to us and bless us and cause His face to shine upon us and among us--Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!—

 2That Your way may be known upon earth, Your saving power (Your deliverances and Your salvation) among all nations.

 3Let the peoples praise You [turn away from their idols] and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You.

 4O let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples fairly and guide, lead, or drive the nations upon earth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

 5Let the peoples praise You and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You!

 6The earth has yielded its harvest [in evidence of God's approval]; God, even our own God, will bless us.

 7God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverently fear Him.

 

- josh