Countdown to China

We are so excited to be going to China again. Just a little more than a week & we'll be arriving in WuHan. I am anticipating God doing tremendous things while we are there. Then a few days after China, we go to Ecuador. Ecuador is an amazingly beautiful country.

The past few weeks have been busy with a ton of paperwork. It's amazing all you have to do to go out of the country! Visas, insurance, emergency contacts, etc., etc., etc.

As we've been preparing for these trips, I have been continually reminded to run with endurance…

We have faced tremendous battles the last couple of years. It feels like one monstrous war with a bunch of little battles and some pretty massive massacres. I know that is a graphic description, but it feels pretty accurate. It seems like everything is a struggle. I’ve asked God several times if it would be possible for something to be easy. I would love to hit the Staples “easy button” and have everything become simple. Unfortunately, that’s not the way life works. If there were no difficulties, we would not get to know God as our rescuer, our strength, our provision, our banner. I admit that it is not fun to go through, but it is amazing to see God work and to internalize who He is. As we have been preparing to go to China, it has looked like the project was going to fall apart numerous times. It would have been so easy to just quit in March when we had to reschedule or when we didn’t have the funding for the project or the people or when the airline prices were too high. We’ve had to remind ourselves often that we can’t give up. We can’t let circumstances dictate what we do. God is the one who is control. He’s the one who gives the directions. He’s the one who makes all things possible. Even when all we see are impossibilities, if we continue with endurance, fierce determination, God makes the impossible possible.