Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Mama

 


Happy May 18th. Lol. I woke up today not feeling the best in spirit just cause life gets you down sometimes you know?  My heart felt a weight that just doesn’t ever seem to go away but sometimes it hits me at the weirdest and odd times. Grief.  Most know but some don’t, I lost my mom when I was 29 years old. So young. I’m 40 now!  I look back and think my goodness I was just becoming a woman, a mom, a wife, etc.  I was just becoming me and she moved to her eternity. I feel as though I missed out on so many more years of training.  K. Fast forward to today. I had a heavy feeling in my spirit for some crazy reason (Holy spirit moment) this morning for the people in New Zealand.  I mean I pray everyday for those I haven’t met yet in New Zealand but to be honest it’s hard to pray sometimes for something you don’t really know about or how to pray for until you actually find out the intimate needs and live surrounded by a community. My heart still feels the burden to get there. I was praying for the unborn children that I haven’t met yet. (New Zealanders) I was praying for myself that I can be the mama to those students and people that I never had for myself. It’s been hard not having that close mom figure in my life but I know that God can and will always fill that void if we allow Him to use us.  God knows even before we do what we need, how He is going to communicate it to us, and that He loves us so very much and He hasn’t forgotten about us. He just sometimes uses angels to do it. As soon as I got home from running some errands I walked up on a package from Amazon. I thought “oh man, I didn’t order anything I wonder if charlee did by accident again”.  She has done that before. Lol. Thank goodness nothing expensive. Ha. So I opened it and it was this super cute shirt with the big letters MAMA on it!  What?!  God seriously!  But there was nothing inside the package other than the shirt. So my first go to was check my Amazon account (which by the way New Zealand doesn’t have Amazon lol). Nope didn’t order it. So then I almost posted a pic on social media to see if anyone would fess you to sending me it but then nope I knew it!  My dear sister/friend Abby!  I texted her and low and behold yup she just said she remembered I liked hers several months back and she thought about it yesterday and just got it sent to me. Dear Lord!  I’m telling y’all the Holy Spirit knows!  His timing is so perfect!  In every way. ðŸ¥¹ðŸ¥²ðŸ˜­♥️ I started balling texting her and then just thanked God for His wonders. If you are down in spirit thinking that you are not being seen or heard just know He knows your heart and He loves you.  He used a sweet friend and a tshirt to confirm that what we are doing and growing through is not going unnoticed. It is being noticed by the only eyes that matter the most. His. (And I think my momma peels through heaven too lol.) The end. 


Saturday, May 14, 2022

District Council 2022




Pulled a book from the shelves of the amazing Gateway library and this was on the back.  
I love this quote. 


The in-laws and new Assistant Superintendents of South Texas!


Pastor Doug and Janet
(Our first church that we worked at as a married couple)


My Didi bug


sneaking a pic


Sneaky sneaky


Jay Mooney bringing a great word!


My sweet momma friend Katrina


Need to get my hands on this book


Best idea ever!  Built right into their concrete floor.  Love it. 


My sweet sister/friend Autumn


Love how God works!  God knows I needed a sweet sister/friend like her.


Love this 


My bubbas
(we use to bring Caleb to this movie theater when we lived here and he was 2 years old)


San Antonio Zoo and the Lory feedings




Bear and I having fun on the Carousel 


Daddy and Bubby


Bub and Didi


The littles



Our little airbnb



It's been a busy last couple of weeks.  Wait...last couple of weeks?  lol. more like just going going going all the time.  There is no routine anymore with this family except praying. ha. We are going every which way but in a good way!  Itinerating has definitely become a faith building process and it has stretched us in areas we didn't think even could be stretched, BUT GOD!  We know we are called to go to the nations and we know that GOD is the GOD of the impossible and will make it happen!  Our goals may be big but our God is bigger!  

We had a blast at District council and made so many great connections both for support but more importantly friendships within the kingdom of God!  I just love how the Holy Spirit orchestrates everything when we let go and let Him do the rest. We seriously had so many God divine appointments made that were so organically formed that we are still praising Him about.  

 New Zealand is calling us!  We hear it!  We can't wait to get there!  We will go!  God Send Us!  We are ready!