When Your Not Sure Just Ask

     I do have to say that I am the impatient one.  Jeff can wait calmly and quietly until God comes through, but I on the other had am not so quiet.  So when it had been several years since we had made the commitment to God to go in to the mission field, my patiences was starting to wear thin.  We were looking at almost 8 years before we got our houses paid off, which is something we felt we needed to do before leaving for the Dominican Republic.  Then God opened a window and we were able to refinance everything so that we would have it all paid off in 4 1/2 years.  It just did not seem good enough for me.  I mean it was awesome that God cut the time in half but it still seemed so long to wait.  I also did not want to be praying out of God's will.  So I began to pray that God would give me guidance into how I should be praying, that He would open the door for us to get to the DR sooner or that He gave me strength to wait till the time was right.

     Fast forward about a month and I was on my way to fellowship service in Fulton, NY.  I was riding along with Jeff's grandparents, and wondering how much of the service I was going to be able to enjoy. I had three boys who were sitting in the car for two and half hours and Jeff was at work so I was pretty much on my own.  I prayed on the way that God would allow me to get something out of the service.  As I suspected, I did not get much from the sermon.  In fact, I have no clue what the preacher even was preaching on.  At some point, the preacher began to pray for a select few people in the congregation, calling them up and prophesying over them.  Before I knew it, the preacher was calling me up.  When I went up, the preacher asked me "If I could ask God for anything what would it be?".  I was utterly speechless, followed by tears that began to trickle down.  

     I had always wondered how Esther felt when the King had presented her with a similar question.  Was she ever tempted to answer in a different way that would benefit her?  Here I was being presented with a similar question and there was no doubt in my mind how I was going to answer.  I told God that I would like our debt to be pay off sooner so that we could leave for the mission field.  The preacher asked me three times if I believed that God could do it and every time, with all my heart, I said YES! He said to tell others about what God was going to do.  I did and still am!

    I cannot say yet that I know an exact time frame that we will be leaving in.  All I know is that God confirmed that we would be leaving in the next few years and I am anxiously waiting to see how He is going to do it.

    We ask for your prayers as we make some business and financial decisions that will place us in the mission field sooner.  Jeff and I also covet your prayers as we are going on a trip to the DR in a few days.  Not only will we be encouraging the christians in our churches and spreading God's word, we will also be looking at different housing options for our future stay.

Dios Te Bendiga!  Gloria a Dios!