It's Sunday in Jakarta and we just got finished Skyping with the Fry fam. Last year, I dreaded Sunday's. I still have some rough Sunday's this year too, but they aren't near as bad. This year our wonderful church added a Saturday night service that we have attended regularly and so that has made Sunday's a relaxing, Skyping, sleeping in late, breakfast cooking, watching football kind of day {War Eagle btw}. Which is what we need. And this Sunday is even better, because we have a day off on Tuesday- so it doesn't make Monday seem so bad.
Anyway, as we were Skyping and catching up with the Fry's I realized that there is much going on in our lives right now. I have been wanting to blog about what is going on in our lives and hearts for a few weeks, but it is a little hard to talk about at this point because final decisions haven't been made officially yet. I will do my best to explain the decision process we are going through at this time, but bare with me as I may be a little vague.
Last year at about this time, I posted this blog: Big Girl Decisions. If you didn't read it, check it out. We were at a very different point in our decision making process last year. And even though this year we are feeling led differently than we were at this time last year, there are still hard and big decisions we are praying about and making, and we are feeling some of those same emotions we were feeling last year at this time. For those of you who aren't aware of the process, we sign a year by year contract. We sign our contract before the Christmas holiday (around December 14th). So as we are coming up on this big decision, here are some things you can be praying for us and with us about:
First at foremost we are seeking wisdom. We believe that there may not be a "right" or "wrong" decision in this circumstance, but we do believe strongly that God has a plan for us and we want to do what is best. Our first desire is to glorify God, so whether we stay here or move back to the States, please pray that our desire would be to honor God. It's easy to let emotions and desires (which aren't necessarily bad) seep in and cloud our decision making process. Not that we aren't letting our desires help us make our decision, but we just want to make sure that we are seeking God first throughout the process.
Be praying for the remainder of our year here. This big decision is overwhelming and exciting but we don't want it to take away from the moment we are living now. We want to be all here. We believe God has us where he has us now for a reason, and we don't want to forget that.
Once our decision about staying or going is made for sure, I will be able to ask for more specific prayer requests. I wanted to let friends and family know where we are at now. I know that even though this blog is not specific, that many of you will join us in praying. It is exciting and scary not knowing exactly what is next for us. God is working in our lives and we are excited about our next stage in life and ministry wherever that may be.
We love you all. Bye for now <3
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