Serving the Lord and having some fun!

Banana Man, the kids loved him at VBS

VBS

Ahoy, welcome to Son Treasure Island. The kids learned that God loves us and sent his only son, Jesus, to us. The greatest treasure of all.

Summer time in Oregon

Yummy Icecream

Desperate to do a few laps?

Home at last......

This is probably the hardest post to write. How do I "end" this incredible story. This great epic we have been blessed to be a part of. We are back home and settling in. Life is good and life is weird. Thankfully God is great all the time and everywhere. We believe it is God's good pleasure to manifest His glory through those who trust in Him and his power. We saw so much of that in Kona and Guatemala. God taugth us to draw nearer to him, to choose to know him more on a daily basis, to understand a little of his character and nature just so we would want to know him more. I love how God shows us, or at least me, little glimpses of himself, just enough to keep me seeking him, desiring him. No, it is not a game he plays, he just knows me and desires to draw me to him in a way that is pleasing to him and me! Yes, God loves me so much that he does things that please me! little ole' me. How great is that. Psalm 37:4 says: "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." I want to delight in Him more and more as I see Him delighting in me. Not because he will do stuff or give me stuff, but because He loves me and I want to delight and please Him. In this we start becoming who we have been designed to be. The "becoming" is what he desires and in so becoming we begin doing. Then in the doing we become more. How awesome is that? Sorry if you aren't tracking, I am really trying not to ramble, but hey, I did say at the beginning this was the hardest post to write. Think I'll stop for now and say, I realize that this great epic will not end till I am in the presence of my Lord and Savior. And what a great story ending that will be. Thanks for listening.