Wonderful

Well it's been another interesting week. We now have sold my car which has left us with one vehicle which we will be parting with this Saturday. With Donald's 24hr on and 24hr off it makes it hard for us with just one vehicle. But get this..... Thanks to some very loving friends of ours we have not suffered...they loaned us their personal truck for a while till we find another vehicle for me. And even more.....The family who is buying our truck has so graciously offered to loan us a vehicle for us to use till we leave for Africa....God Is so Great...We still have one motorcycle and a camper to sell but I know God will send someone for them also. We are working on getting our support letter together and hopfully be sending it out soon.
We ask for your prayers for obtaining our support.
Till next time...
God Bless !!!

Meet Bubba

Would like for you to meet the "apple of our eye"

This is Brett, we call him Bubba, our one and only grandbaby..

Can you guess who bought him the tractor???

Papa & Meme.....

What a Wonderful CHRISTmas...

Happenings

This past Thursday we closed on the sale of our house. We are no longer home owners…I thought I would cry at the closing knowing that the home we had thought we would own until we were no longer here on the earth was going to be someone else’s.
No, I didn’t cry…...matter of fact, It really feels like we are on our way to fulfill God’s will for our lives. (The day we move out may be a different story???) Our new landlord came today with a Rental Contract for us to sign. The amount of the monthly payment has been reduced by 50.00 and we only have to pay ½ rent for this month. WOW !! Anyway, God is really working. Out of the blue someone called last night asking about Donald’s truck. We really had not planned to sell it till later but evidently God has other plans.
We have not Advertised it for sale just to a couple of close friends, but if it’s God’s will it might be sold in the next week or so..(update b4 posting) They definitely want to purchase the truck in the next week or two…..
. There is still so much to do but I know he is there helping us every step of the way. So I will end this short blog with……..
God is Awesome !!!!!

Ready or Not

Funny how things you read or see co-inside with things that is going on in your life at the current time.
I was reading Matthew 26:39-45
No matter what the pain, we must obey the mission God has given us. Jesus had lived his life in perfect obedience to his Father's will; in these verses he chose the Father's plan over his own desire. Yes, his own desire, I am sure that being fully human Jesus facing his death was the same as what we would feel if we were diagnosed with a terminal illness and was told we would die in 3 days. His human ability to submit to the will of the Father in obedience is an example for us to follow. I read in a commentary that “Living for God does not always mean that we feel we are prepared to face what God calls us to face; BUT.. it does mean that we choose to face it anyway. Thus when the test arrives, Jesus summons all his disciples to rise to face it--ready or not (26:45)”
I know that If he calls us to face it he will also prepare us for what is to come. We have chosen to rise and face whatever God has in store for us and over the next 12 months we will be praying for him to prepare us whether we think we are ready or not.

We took a flight from RDU to New Orleans, LA for a meeting which helped us to understand God’s will for our future.
We met the most wonderful loving couple, their names; Jean and David Ohlerking…
Founders of Children’s Cup International.

After spending 3 days of talking their “ears off” and eating a great deal of delicious food ( for which I now have to spend 3 months of dieting to loose) and meeting all their Children and Grandchildren, we have found two truly great friends who are now a part of our Journey.

There is still the paperwork to complete and the budget to create and rounding up support for one year, a lot of material items to get rid of…but….. I rely greatly on this passage:
Phil. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.
We know this cannot be done of ourselves but only through God.

The Plan: To be in Swaziland Africa around January 2009. A year seems like a very long time but it will go bye quickly and there is so much to do.

It is amazing to us what has transpired over the last 4 months, we know God has his hand in this. We close on the sale of our house and land January 3rd 2007 (little scary) No, we will not be homeless for the next year, the buyer has agreed for us to stay in our home month by month without any ties until we leave for Africa.. and get this -- At half of our mortgage payment. (What a blessing given by God).
Until the next entry:
We ask for your prayers for us and our family as we pursue what God has in store for us.
Our email address is ddapage@hughes.net