We want to be missionaries! There so it is out there and seems like a good way to start off. Jeff and I have wanted this for so long. God has put a burden on our heart to reach out to those in the country of the Dominican Republic. Many of you may or may not be aware of this but I feel that as the time draws closer I would like to start blogging about our journey so that you can follow along with us as we navigate to what God has for us. So I am going to start off first giving you a view of what God has done in our lives.
For me, the dream of being a missionary started as a little girl. I remember reading about David Livingstone and all the things that he had done in Africa. That is what I wanted to do! Go to another country and share God's love with them. I eventually was able to take a trip to Romania, which would only inspire my desire to go. Fast forward several years, Jeff and I got married and after several years of marriage decided that we were going to pursue God's call for us to the Dominic Republic. At that point and time we were ready to sell everything and go! But thankfully to some wise council and prayer we realized that God had a different avenue for us to go down. A few steps that we needed to go up one by one to prepare us for the ultimate goal.
Our first goal was to some how come up with the money to build a church in the Dominic. This is something that God had put on Jeff's heart when he was a teenager. God divagated Jeff through the silver market and within 6 months we had 10,000 for the church! Now I only share this step because it was such a God thing! There is no way that came out of our own money and God just lead Jeff to the right deals to obtain it. Jeff was then able to go down with a team this past year and build the church.
Our second goal was a matter of finances. As we prayed God began to build our rental business up to the point that we realized if we hang in here a while we can pay it all off and use the money to support ourselves in the DR. What an amazing blessing! This means we would be able to have a house in the states, buy a house in the DR and when we raised money for support it would mainly go to whatever missions that we are doing in the DR.
Since this all began I have been able to go the the DR twice and Jeff several more times than I. First time I went was on our honeymoon and the second was last year when we took all the kids down with us. That was an adventure and a half and another whole blog for another day. We are continuing in our pursuit of what God has for us. And I am excited and cannot wait for what else is in store for us.
In the next few blogs I will begin to talk about our dreams for the future, some of our past trips, and just the general journey along the way. I pray that God can use our story to inspire others to purse the dream that God has given them no matter if it involves being a missionary some where else in the world or to your next door neighbor.
Dios Te Bendiga! Gloria a Dios!
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