Promises of Safety

Mathew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Mark 16:15-18 Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Psalms 121 A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

As we left our home in the country for the last time this winter, I was starting to miss our friends already, and looked at the future with some regret and worry, but these texts kept coming to mind, and I found peace in them. And God is so good, he painted the most beautiful sunsets as we were leaving, they just kept changing and we kept ooing and awing over them. It must have changed into like 5 different sunsets as we were driving, just gorgeous, it was a reminder that He was with us, and would never forsake us, and that we were doing His will, we were safe in His Hands.

A High but Sad Sabbath

Our last Sabbath at our little church in Northport was a great one over all, I played my violin with a little 10 year old girl who says “I don’t know what I’ll do with out you for 5 months!” for Sabbath school, then I go downstairs to primary and get to hold a friends puppy for about an hour. Once again I’m playing my violin for church song service, but during announcements Mr. Meyer comes up and askes my mom and I to come up front. He then askes for everyone else to come up and surround us and bring their hymnals. They layed hands on us (the ones who could reach us) and almost everyone prayed, such sweet, caring, loving, faith building prayers they prayed. Dedicating us to God. I can still remember some of them. I don’t think there was a dry eye on any of the girls there, and even some of the guys were a little weepy. When the prayers were over we all stood and tried to see through our tears to sing the hymn “Anywhere with Jesus”, had several hugs after church and hardy handshakes wishing us safe travels, God’s speed, saying their going to miss us a lot and asking for updates. Then at a memorial service after church I did PA for the last time, going to miss that too. It is wonderful to feel loved and cared for and to know that your church family will be praying for you as you are in the mission field, I couldn’t wish for a better church family. All of your prayers are greatly appreciated.

'Till we leave the States

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Missionaries Forthcoming...

I was born and raised Adventist and thought I was doing everything I was supposed to do. We (my mom and I) lived out in the country, off grid, had a garden, a wood cook stove. I love it and I thought that this was it. I was beginning to become very active in our church and we were willing to take any opportunities passed to us. One day my mom got a call from a close friend of ours, who had gone to be missionaries in Grenada, and asked if we would be willing to cook for about 30 staff members at FaithCamp which was going to be held about 3 hours away from us the following week. We began packing, calling and planning to go there thinking we would only catch a few of the meetings because we would have to cook a lot. At supper on the opening night Luis (the media coordinator) asks me if I could help with the cameras, he was low on camera men and me being electronically minded jumped on the idea. :) I'm not yet sure why I have been getting that experience but I'm sure one day I will know. So anyway LONG story short my mom learned enough from the few meetings she was in that we were supposed to go into the mission field. She asked me in the kitchen one day what I thought about going into the mission field and tithing my time to the Lord. I really did not like that idea, I was just being needed at our church because one of the main families in our church was leaving to go to Thailand as missionaries, all my family and friends were here... I was comfortable here. But God calls us to be uncomfortable for Him sometimes, huh? I was having a very bad struggle inside and it released itself in tears. My mom didn't know what to think about that but then she started to talk to me about some possibilities and that maybe I could become a medical missionary pilot. I've always wanted to be a pilot... and a Nurse, slowly I began to grasp the idea and really was excited about it. God works in miraculous ways. We are continuing to work on leaving for Bolivia in January as medical missionaries. Please pray that His will may be fulfilled.

A Special Place

     Christ's followers have been redeemed for service. Our Lord teaches that the true object of life is ministry. Christ Himself was a worker, and to all His followers He fives the law of service--service to God and to their fellow men. Here Christ has presented to the world a higher conception of life than they had ever known. By living to minister for others, man is brought into connection with Christ. The law of service becomes the connecting link which binds us to God and to our fellow men.
     To His servants Christ commits "His goods"--something to be put to use for Him. He gives "to every man his work." Each has his place in the eternal plan of Heaven. Each is to work in cooperation with Christ for the salvation of souls. Not more surely is the place prepared for us in the heavenly mansions than is the special place designated on earth where we are to work for God.
     Christ has paid us our wages, even His own blood and suffering, to secure our willing service. He came to our world to give us an example of how we should work, and what spirit we should bring into our labor. He desires us to study how we can best advance His work and glorify His name in the world.
     The sanctification of the soul by the working of the Holy Spirit is the implanting of Christ's nature in humanity. Gospel religion is Christ in the life--a living, active principle. It is the grace of Christ revealed in character and wrought out in good works. ~My favorite author Ellen G. White