I must confess that we are not who
you think we are. You see we are not
super spiritual people who are very brave or courageous. We are just like you, we struggle with sin,
we are selfish at times, we try to control what we can around us & have
certain fears, and we are very busy running here or there. That is what I have come to realize after
this past month of still adjusting to life in Tana and dealing with numerous
problems with our new house.
We have been so busy with life in
this big city that we had forgotten our first love. We have become just like the Israelites who
committed to love & serve God only and instead we have served our own busy
schedule. It was only after Andy became
very sick this past week that we were reminded that we were not called here to walk
this journey alone. The task is much too
overwhelming for us to be able to do it, so we either need to humble ourselves
and surrender it completely to God or we need to go back to our comfortable
lives in America . Just like Joshua told the Israelites, “As for
me & my house we will serve the Lord;” we know that God has called us to
serve Him here in Madagascar.
So please don’t put us on a
pedestal and think that we never struggle with our walk with the Lord or with
sin like you do because you would be terribly wrong. We ask that you would continue to faithfully
pray for us & our ministry. Please
especially pray that we would have sweet fellowship with Jesus each day, so
that He can lead and guide our footsteps and use us for His purposes (& not
our own).
