As we head to bed for our last sleep before our early morning plane ride we do so on a high. High from the great prayer times we have had over the last couple of days.
On Sunday our church (Wilmot Centre Missionary Church) had a time of prayer for us during the service. It was so uplifting and encouraging but also gave us some words to help keep us on our toes. We are so thankful to our church body for all of their support. We have attended there for 14 years and we have grown so much over the years. We want to say a HUGE thanks to EVERYONE and encourage you all to follow the plan that God has for you. Pastors, Elders and friends; you will always be our church family. The Sunday school gave us a group photo as well as a picture with a lighthouse on it with a scripture verse. It is pretty cool because our favourite new song is My Lighthouse by Rend Collective. Check it out if you haven't heard it, it's a pretty catchy tune. Then Chester V spoke a word over us. We were warned that the first 6 months will be hard, that satan will try to discourage us on our journey and that there will be things in our lives that we love that we need to put aside for now, but that amazing things will happen by following God's lead. There was a promise that when things get difficult God will be there. The word also said that we are laying a path for many from our church to come to Belize to reach the nation for Christ. We left church on Sunday pumped for this journey knowing that God is in control. Still sad to say "see ya later" but full of joy that comes from following the Lord's leading.
Thanks Wilmot Centre Missionary Church. We love you all!!!
The theme of prayer continued with a great family prayer time tonight. It was great to have many family members together, even my brothers family via Skype. We all shared, we encouraged and we brought our joy and our sadness to the Lord. There were tears and there was laughter. We are so thankful for the amazing family we have supporting us. We also shared 2 words that have been spoken over us, one from Pastor Rob and the one from Sunday spoken by Chester. We wanted our family to understand how they can pray for us by hearing these words. When things are difficult in the beginning we don't want to be encouraged to come home, but we want to be encourage to live in faith and trust that God will provide. What a great time it was.
To our surprise our family also had some parting gifts for the kids. So, back to packing and fitting these new amazing gifts into our bags. I just finished that task and everything fit perfect!!!
See you later family and friends, this is where the blog finally starts to get interesting and exciting and we hope you follow along. Please also share with us what is going on with you and your family back at home. Keep us in the loop, let us know how things are going and certainly let us know if we can pray for you in any way.
See ya later
Chad
and the
4 other little monkeys ready to swing to Belize
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