(These are the traveling shoes of a friend who has been spreading the love of God about 60 km outside of town. His name is Antonio and is an awesome guy.) As we are going to leave Moz in a few days (for a one year furlough--NOT VACATION) i am full of emotional conflict. I am really happy to be leaving and going to see family and so many friends we left behind...and yet not really wanting to leave my friends i have here and the contentment of being where i feel i am supposed to be! It has been such a awesome and difficult 3.5 years. We have passed trials, experienced joy and heartache, been encouraged and saddened by situations but through it all we think we have matured, grown in our relationship with each other, with our children and with our God. As we get ready to see some of you we wonder how to explain it and if you really want to know. Please pray God helps us share and adequately describe what He IS doing and Hs has done here THROUGH us and IN us.
The last few weeks have gone really well and we could not have anticipated many of the surprises (hence, they are called surprises!) nor could we have anticipated Gods protection, grace and mercy over all our travels, provision for he ministry and health! Also the packing of our entire house into a small shipping container was went swimmingly! We are so thankful to our God.
I was thinking today about a question, you know the one, "if a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound?". Well, i have been thinking, "if a blind man is in the forest does he appreciate the beauty of it?" I was thinking if he doesn't become preoccupied with his 'problem' he would smell the pine, feel the breeze and hear the sounds around him. BUT if he is stuck thinking about himself, concentrated about his issues and such, he may miss it all. then ii thought, 'how much do miss?'. Friends, let's not miss it! Lets be free to see the beauty all around us, in each other and in our relationships....
SO! Next i update it will be from the other side of the pond!
See you soon?
Kevin
