Few of you know this, but I have waited for my ministry's newsletter to make the news official before putting it here. My husband and I are back in the States. Dealing with Visa issues. We are in California and it is actually starting to feel real. It's been a few days. We need to get back to Africa. We will get back. God will do this, because God has called us. But for now, we are here to be a blessing. And for whatever other reasons He has. I'll try not to be presumptuous enough to know Why He does what He does.
I sure do miss my team. I sure do feel like there's something I'm missing. I feel like I am camping in a valley, and I can see ministry happening on the mountains on either side of me, but I'm stuck looking at them, feeling more than a twinge of jealousy. It's no fun to be at the mercy of some dumb peices of paper that will allow me to get back to where I am supposed to be.
But I know that God doesn't NEED me. He can raise missioners up from the stones. The gospel of grace, the Word can reveal Himself in a dream, in a heart tugging, in a beautiful miracle of nature, a flower, a wave of grass, a selfless act. Anything can bring about a moment of indescribable joy where the Lover of our souls woos us into desperate love and there is no turning back.
I am with a ministry that seeks to bring people closer to that same Holy Spirit with drama. There are so many ministries. People that work to get women and children out of the sex slave industry in South East Asia, or poor kidnapped Nigerian women in France. People that smuggle bibles. People that reach underprivileged Brooklyn children with the truth of who Jesus is through fun energetic programs. People pour their lives out in radio, TV, books, websites. Some are stationary, some are traveling.There are those who recite the Bible, and dance it and mime it. There are those who do the fund raising to be a part of making it possible. There are those who do the administration and accountability, the ones who cross the t's and dot the i's.
And we seeks to be faithful and we seek to give our best and believe in what we are doing and love our team members and our spouses and each other and spread the commission that We all need to be doing something.
We all need to be out there, reaching out, aware of the storm. Of course the Lord could dry it all up. He could hold his hand up and calm it. But while we see people suffering, and we have the capacity to do something, shouldn't we WANT to? Shouldn't it break our hearts to see others go under the water?
I got this picture from www.missionsplace.com. It is called, "Who Cares" and was a vision by William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army.
I thank you all for your prayers and for believing in us. If you'd like to receive a personal email or letter, please message me your email address or post address, and I'd like to send you information about how you can be more personally involved with us.
Thank you and God bless you all!
Katie
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