Isaiah 55:5

I have been handed a huge gift in the opportunity to return to Romania for a third summer. Katie will not be with me this time because she is currently working on her master’s at Columbia in NYC. (We graduated from Lipscomb a month ago.)

I wrestled with the decision to return for weeks after it was presented to me. Not because I don’t desire to see the children and our friends, I miss them horribly, but because I want Katie to go with me. It didn’t feel right for the longest time to return without her – but now I see so clearly that God in His infinite will wants me there.

I am anxious about this trip, but I know that I have to go back. This is a continuation of the story that Katie and I started two years ago, and it is my responsibility to myself and to my children to be God’s light and love in any way that I can. I am humbled that God still wants to use me very directly in the lives of the people there. I do not feel qualified or confident, and yet I am so sure that this is His will that I will go through with this and face my fear of inadequacy.

I didn’t think that I would have a reason to blog about Romania again – but here I am.