Departure Day

"And now, O Lord, for what do i wait?.." Psalm 39:7

Well the plan was to leave today or tomorrow...but that doesn't seem like it will be the case. The bug needs some special work before i leave so i am waiting for that to be done and then i will hit the road. i am trying to be patient as the car gets fixed and i am constantly reminded that all things happen in HIS timing--obviously not mine.
So i wait... and wait.......

Thank you to everybody that i got to know from being in Iowa; thanks for your love and friendship through the past five years. i have not left yet and i am starting to miss you all already. If the Lord wills i hope to return and visit some day.

On the home front:
My sister Christine out in California does not think that the baby will be patient and wait till the due date at the beginning of August. So i might be an auntie again before i reach California.
My mom may have found an apartment so i may be visiting her in her new home or else helping her move there.

Servants Training:
I am reading a book called "Rich Christians in an Age of Poverty". So far it has been talking about the division between poor and Rich in our world today, and then about the heart God has for the poor. Time and time again the old testament and the new testament speak of how God defends the poor and how he takes care of them and commands those who have to give to those who have not... The book is an interesting read. If you are at all interested in God's heart for the poor and want a book to read about it, this one is very good. Even when i am not reading i have been thinking about what i have read.
Also the following link is to a 30 days of prayer for Burma(Myanmar) after the Cyclone hit. It includes things to pray for the country and some history and current issues in Burma. http://www.creativeworldjustice.com/30DaystoChangeBurma.pdf

May the Lord Bless and keep you to day as always.

"Put on then as God's Chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and PATIENCE, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive. And above all else put on LOVE which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the Peace of Christ rule in your Hearts..." Colosians 3:12-14