Still Learning

It has been difficult to write a new blog lately. It really shouldn't be, considering all that has been going on in our lives. I guess it has been hard to formulate where to actually start and how to proceed. Our family has been talking, praying and learning about Rift Valley Academy in Kenya for about 2 years. We have been raising support to go to Rift Valley Academy for over a year now. Our support has recently all come in and we are scheduled to leave our home in California on July 20th. Needless to say all of us have been preoccupied with the million details that go along with moving a family of 5 to Kenya for a year or more. Instead of giving you all the gory details I thought I would give you the top 10 things that I have learned through this process this far. They aren't in an order of importance.

1. Support Raising is an incredibly vulnerable place to live until you truly give it to the Lord and let it be his job and not yours.
2. God will walk with you if you are willing to walk with him. He really does only give you what you need and it can seem very insignificant to others, but truly a miracle to you, when you see him provide for even the smallest need.
3. Saying you're moving your kids to Africa is not normal to most of the world, and it has an effect on other people's lives that is surprising- it changes how they view you and the world around them.
4. Children seem to be way more in tune with the fact that God has great plans for them and that he is leading, even when it is frightening.
5. My hairstyle and having the ability to look good is way too important to me.
6. When God truly works in your life, it is better than any house, car, job or lifestyle there is. Jesus can allow you to live eternally-minded and these earthly things will become less and less important. Not that you don't want them - they are just no longer a priority.
7. Moving to Kenya doesn't mean that you aren't scared of Kenya or Africa or other people or airports or weird food.
8. Letting go of control in life is necessary if you want to gain the peace that Jesus can supply.
9. I am incredibly thankful that God values friendship and brings people into our lives that lead us closer to him.
10. The Lord is faithful. He will show us if we will stop and take the time to see.

I am sure that this list could go on and on. God has opened my eyes to himself in amazing ways through this time. I have always believed that these things are true, but I hadn't really lived them out prior to the past few years. I have been incredibly grateful that I have been able to see his work in our lives. Much of which has been through the amazing people he has put in our path.