Monday, March 3, 2008

Saturday, March 1

Home Safely!!
We arrived back in Indianapolis around 11pm Saturday evening after a day of travel. The time was well spent with plenty of sharing between us while in airports and airplanes and, can you believe, even some last minute shopping.
We are thankful to God for the work He did this week and for safety. As we head back to our 'normal lives', we go back with a new perspective. Now when we sing 'all God's people' a much broader view is very real as we see the faces of:
* the economically very poor,
* those without loving earthly families,
* the physically sick,
* the gang members,
* the deaf,
* the prisoners.
And in those faces, where Jesus is in their hearts. we see the greatest of all wealth, peace, and rest.

Most call what we did this past week a mission trip, and it was. However, when we are reliant upon and resting in God, we are ALWAYS on a mission trip ordained by God.
John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Thank-you for your prayers!

1 comment:

Emmalea said...

Thanks Karen... for keeping the blog of our mission trip. My family and friends felt very connected and I know that their prayers were guided well by the details you shared. I also very much appreciate the appropriate scriptures you added. It was a joy to meet you and Vern. Our team shares a special bond that will always keep us close in our hearts. May God bless you and keep you safe as you travel to N. Dakota to get the farming up and running well. Hope to see you sometime when you get back. We can split a meal! In Christ, Emmalea