Prayer, Patience, Planning, Packing & Providing

It has been some time since we have posted on this blog site. During this time there has been much prayer, patience and planning going on and then a lot of packing & providing

We had been in prayer for over a year about our return to Niger with Maxwell Ministries. We had been waiting patiently (most days) when the Lord spoke to us that we were not to wait for all of our support to come in before moving forward. We were to step out in faith. Start planning to go. God would provide, in His time.

So, we started planning our return to Niger. That meant, telling family, getting plane tickets, sharing our testimony of this "step of faith" with Sunday School classes, co-workers and friends. As we begun to share, God began to provide; we were given a large gift to help kick off our return, one of our churches in Evans agreed to pay our air lines tickets, new supporters stepped forward and co-workers prayed and showered our family with gifts for our time in Niger.

With a container already waiting to be packed, the packing was able to be done slowly, over a 3 month period. God seemed to expand the sides or shrink the contents so that almost all of our household items could be shipped ahead of us to Niger.

Along with all the ways God provided finances for us, he allowed Shannon and the boys to finish out the year at school. He also brought a buyer, rather than a renter, for our house in Georgia, the week we were to leave for Niger. Though we did not meet the buyers we later learned that they were a Christian family and began attending the same church we had in Evans.

God also provided a special time with Shannon's parents before we left the US. We are so thankful for our supportive family.

As we are now here in Niger, it is good to reflect on all the ways that God lead us here.
For even while we are here we are still practicing the "P" words; Prayer, Patience, Planning, (un)Packing and Providing.