"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." -II Timothy 1:7
With just over a month to go I am grateful that "the spirit of fear" is, for the most part, minimal. World events have caused the fear to ramp up at times, but I am grateful for a God that is going before us and already knows what and how this adventure will play out. How privileged to be able to converse anytime with the creator of the universe - mind boggling. How can I possibly fear?
On Monday, May 9, I was informed that all of the necessary funds for this trip had come in - what an amazing God I serve! A year ago I would have laughed at the notion of raising $3600 - no more laughing. Last week a note came home in Luke's backpack regarding his Kindergarten class's end of year "mission project". His class and all of the Kindergarten classes at CCS are collecting basic medical supplies (ie. band aids, gauze, Neosporin, etc) to be sent along with each of the 2 groups heading to Kandaria this summer, for a new medical facility that has been funded and is in the process of being built. How exciting it will be to see this "mission project" in it's end result! Luke was pretty stoked :)
I am learning to lean more and more on my savior as the time for my departure draws near. Plans are being put into motion for my family's needs while I am away and more and more of the things on my list are being "checked off".
My prayer requests right now are as follows:
1) That I will be miraculously blessed with the organizational skills necessary to prepare both myself and my family for my absence - organization is something I have never been very good at.
2) That God will continue to prepare my heart for this trip. If ignorance is bliss, then I am in a very blissful state. I have heard from so many that have gone before, how life changing this will be, but I can't fully comprehend it at this point.
3) That the very long physical journey getting to Kandaria will be easier then I am imagining. It will be almost a 24 hour trip, between flights, layovers and bus rides. Please pray for no or minimal hiccups on the journey.
I will try to do a couple more updates before I leave. Once we are there, a daily email will be sent from our group. If you are at all interested in receiving these updates please email me and I will have you added to the list! My email address: rjcallinan96@gmail.com
Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers!
Love you all!
