We will always remember how long we have lived here in Slovakia by the age of my nephew Jackson. (We actually have 2 nephews named Jackson...Ed's sister Jen and my sister Lori both have Jacksons, but Lori's son was born as we were flying over the Atlantic to our new home.) However, I also gauge how long we have been seriously considering this move by the number of Spring Conferences we have attended. Many of you remember when we flew over here in May 2008 with our four kids to either close the door forever on this opportunity for ministry, or make it a reality and move forward. It was to the JV Spring Conference that we came to help us make this decision. When, during that trip and through many different affirmations, it became clear to us to move forward, we looked ahead at the seemingly insurmountable task of moving our family over here. To me it seemed like we had at least a million things to do to make it happen, but it was so evident to both Ed and I that Christ had a ministry for us to do as a family over here, that we eagerly began the process. The following May 2009 we returned to Spring Conference with only Shaylee, and combined it with the house-hunting trip to Bardejov. We still had about 999,000 of the million things to do, but also had continued assurance that God was leading us in this direction.
This year's Spring Conference was a milestone, as we could return from it to our home just 5 hours away, having most all of the million things accomplished! It was just amazing to us as we recalled the miracles that God graciously blessed us with in getting us here! So why, you may ask, if God has so blessed us in these millions of ways, do I still have crabby days? Great question!! I know that Ed wants to know that answer too! :-)
We just returned from this JV Spring Conference 2010 last week. What an incredible time of refreshment and encouragement among the rest of the JV missionaries here in Eastern Europe! Our kids had a wonderful time also and loved every minute of their week there. Each of our kids had programs that they went to each day. The pictures of the Lion King are from the musical that the CYT team and the JV Kids put on for the group on the last day.
2 comments:
Wendy,
I can't begin to imagine your frustration with the language. If you don't have any crabby days, you must be superhuman. It wa a good reminder to pray for you and yor family. I'll try to do better.
Jen called me about the new baby! That was special!
Keep up the courage. Love, U.Jim
Hey there,
Thanks for the updates. You are doing great keeping us connected. Someday, you will blog in all Slovak and we will need to start learning the language just to keep up with you!! We love you and are praying for you! Lori (for all) :)
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