April Fools

I think a big joke has been played on us by the month of April herself...I mean, we were led to believe that it was going to be all warm and beautiful and then BOOM! It snows for 2 days and a foot of snow is left in the blizzard's wake. So sad.

In some ways I blame myself...it seems that God may be giving me a great taste of winter before I leave and live winter-free for 3 years. Boo snow!

Anyway, the countdown is on for me...I think it's only about 4 weeks until Hope for Thailand team boards a plane for Thailand to begin a new life over there. In these last days I'm constantly reminded of my need for Jesus. I mean, I know and realise that we are always in need of Jesus, but there are definitely times where we aren't as aware...I have become vividly aware! I'm in a state of constant revelation of my dependence on Him...I have definitely been challenged to be a woman of faith who doesn't walk in complacency, but who steps out and trusts the One who leads. Lynnette came in contact with some radical people the other day who walk and live faith here in Canada and are experiencing daily persecution for what they believe. Why aren't the rest of us? It's not that I long for suffering, but I do long to be someone who lives this thing, walks in fear of nothing, and who listens to the Father and obeys.

I met an amazing couple this last weekend. Once again, I was challenged by their lives of faith and by their commitment to the call of Jesus. I stayed at their place on Saturday night and and spent a few hours becoming acquainted with these beautiful people. They are in their seventies, and have totally devoted their lives to doing whatever it is that Jesus asks of them. The gentleman said something that remains vividly in my memory..."When I was forty, I asked the Lord for forty more years to serve him. Anything after that time is a bonus." This couple is not looking to retire, but to go where God asks them to go, and to do what God asks them to do! I long to have that kind of faith in the later years of my life....

So...here I am, sorting through my belongings and considering what may stay and what may go, and decidedly not going outside for fear of losing my extremities to the cold. April...you really have made us the fool!