Big and Small prayers answered...

On the way to school this morning we prayed for Abby and Lindsay's requests. Abby's request was that her teacher would be gracious, as she lost one of her books from school and Lindsay's request was that she would finally receive her Visa this morning~after a very stressful process of trying to do things the right way.

Abby was nervous to tell her teacher that she had lost it, and she was also supposed to have a quiz on the book this morning. I reassured her that I would come with her to talk with the teacher. Ms. Edith was very sweet and understanding. Not only did she tell us where we could buy another book, she also said there would be no quiz today :) You should have seen the relief on our sweet Abby-girl's face. A small prayer lifted up to the God of the Universe~yet he was gracious to hear the cry of her heart.

Lindsay was also quite nervous to head out to the Visa office this morning. She had good reason, as this process has not been so easy. This request felt bigger, but again not too big for our God.
We also know that we were not the only ones praying for this process, and we are thankful that she was able to finally get her Visa today!

Two beautiful young women, at different stages in their journey of faith were able to taste and see that Lord is good and that He answers big and small prayers!

Psalm 34:8
Taste and see that the LORD is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

Juggling...

I feel like we are juggling quite a bit right now...the balls being family, team life, interns and school.

I know those of you who read this blog, also pray for us...so below are my requests.

*As I write this, Brad is studying for a final that he has tomorrow. It is in German, which is an added challenge at the graduate level. Please pray for him.

*Abby has picked up yet another virus and has been vomiting all day. Please pray for her.

*Our interns have hit the ground running... exploring the city, beginning their German
lessons, meeting with Jodie and I for discipling and helping to paint our facility.

They are sweet girls, with hearts ready to serve. One important lesson they have already learned is to be flexible, as their schedule has already been changed and we will be receiving 2 more interns on Friday.

Yep- you read that right. A total of 6 girls will now be interning with us. I will share more about this once I know all of the details. We are however, excited that Grace and Nicole will be joining us! Please just pray for our team, that we would be able to love all of these young women well this summer.

So, there you have it...a description of some of the balls we have up in the air. We need your prayers and the mercy of our gracious God to get us through the days ahead.

"Can you pray for me?"

As I put her to bed with a cool washcloth for her forehead and some Sprite, I checked her temp one more time.

103.5

The highest it has been all day. I went to get some children's Advil and continued to tuck her in.

Sincerely she asked, "Can you pray for me?" " That I would sleep good tonight mom."

When she asked for prayer tonight, I was reminded of our retreat in Hungary a few weeks ago.

Milka had somehow gotten out of our room and had wandered off outside. It was pretty scary

for all of us since she really doesn't fully grasp the "COME" command so good. When I told

Abby about the situation with Milka, she without hesitation said ,"Mom we need to pray!"

God was gracious and He heard our prayers, and fairly quickly we found Milka, just checking

things out around the grounds.
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I wish that I could say that when trials come, my initial thought is "I need to pray". Often it is not even the second or third thing I think about. Oh to have faith like a child! I am once again thankful for how God gently has been convicting me of depending on myself and not solely relying on Him.