The Road God Wants Me On

I would like to preface this with a warning - I write like I talk. I'll try to stay focused and precise but I am a . . . squirrel!

After spending more than three months in Los Angeles, continuing my discernment and receiving formation at the mission house, I am back in God's country (Colorado) and loving every minute of being near to my wonderful family and friends. I can’t lie, the formation process was not easy. And there were times when I asked God if this is truly where He wanted me to be. His answer was always "Yes”. If you're wondering if I have a special cell phone that God uses to tell me what He wants from me, I don't. But He does use people that He puts into my life, to help me understand what He wants from me - a big shout out to my fellow mission house mates - I am so grateful for them. Mary had the Angel Gabriel, which would be so cool but I'm good with how He decided to do things with me. 

As the day draws nearer that I'm going to get onto a plane to leave for three years, my heart grows heavy thinking about the things I'm going to miss being gone; like my oldest grandchild's high school graduation, SOO MANY hockey games from two of other g-kids, my youngest granddaughter leaving elementary school behind and becoming a young lady, along with others mile stones, birthdays, etc. And though my heart is heavy, I know this is the road God wants me on. My loving family is great about being supportive and loving on me as much as possible before I go. With technology what it is, it won't be like it was when some of the LMH veterans had it - waiting anxiously for that letter or very rare phone call. I'm not sure I could have done that. Like it says in Esther 4:14, “You were created for such a time as this”. Thank you Lord for allowing me to do this on the downhill part of my life where we now have WhatsApp! 😄 BTW, that’s how y'all can stay in touch with me besides these rambling blogs.

Please pray for me and the other missionaries that will be leaving for Ghana & Dominican Republic, as well as those already in service.

P.S. I’ve included a few pictures of people and things that I will be missing while on mission. Shout out to my oldest daughter Vanessa and her hubby for taking my pup Siena.