Made it

We made it to South Africa. Right now we don’t have the best internet connection so the blog posts may be short and far between for a few weeks. We are getting settled in and trying to get over the jet lag right now. It is great to be back home, the weather has been fantastic, and my parents are really happy to have us around for a few weeks. That’s it for now, hope you all are doing great!

Holiness.

This is one of my favorite song (if you are viewing this on facebook click here). It is about holiness. Tonight I have a question.
What do you think it means to be Holy?

What is holiness?

How do you try to be Holy in your life?

When I was child attending Sunday school and we used to sing songs containing words like “I lift my holy hands to you” I would throw my hands up without giving it a second thought. I think today it is more difficult for me to do that. I feel like it would almost be obscene for me to raise my hands and claim that they are HOLY. I know my heart and the attitudes behaviors that I deal with. One of my favorite “scenes” from the Bible is where God tell Moses to take his shoes off for he is standing on holy ground. That image gives me goosebumps. It reminds me that our God is Holy and that holiness is sacred. I also know from Hebrews that the blood of Christ is enough, that through Him we are made Holy. I am not sure that I have a point here, just that in listening to this song tonight I spent some time reflecting on holiness and what it means.
What are your thoughts?

5 days left….

Five days, yes only five days remain until we get on a plane and move back to the dark continent. So far as many things have gone wrong as have gone right. Our taxes are finally done (thank you Cindy Marvin!!), and we have hit our one time support goal. On the other side our application for a HI account in Colorado has been rejected, so as of right now we are unable to cash or deposit any checks that are made out to HI. So right now we are reapplying to the secretary of state, the application takes 7 to 10 days and then after that (if the application is approved) we should be able to receive our support. We also still are trying to sign up for health insurance, and that also is turning out to be more tricky than we originally thought it would be.

Please take a moment right now to pray for the situation with the bank account, and for all the rest of the things that we need to get done in the next few days.

Update on Yoda…

We sold Yoda. We no longer own that sturdy little green car.
We put 100 000 miles on it.
We ate over 1000 meals in it.
We spent many hours studying for tests and quizzes in it.
Yoda was a place to go if you needed a minute to be quiet.
Many important conversations were held and decisions made in that little green car.
And for some reason Mr. Stevens liked to ride in the back of Yoda.
Today everything we own fits in a suitcase, and we don’t need a key for anything 🙂
Namibia, here we come!

To be commissioned…

On Tuesday night we were commissioned by the elders of our church, at Pikes Peak Christian Church. There are so many things I want to say about this night, about what it meant to us, but I am afraid that I will not be able to put into words the support and love that we felt. So for now I want to post this picture, I think it captures beautifully what the night was to us. Thanks for all the prayers and support!