and closer and closer…

God is so amazing! Right now I have all of my monthly support and cash raised and am ready to go to Paris. I am waiting for my Visa to arrive and then I can book my flight and get over there.

The Visa process is interesting. I had to actually go to Los Angeles for a meeting with the French Consulate. It was very intimidating, but ended up not being as bad as I thought it would be. I was one document short but was able to mail it to them and now (fingers crossed) it’s being processed and I should have it sometime within the next week. My goal is to leave for Paris sometime on or around the 10th of December.

I am really glad that I got to spend Thanksgiving with my family before I head out. I am a little bummed to not be around for Christmas, but moving to France has been such a long time coming that I am ready to go and I think my family is pretty understanding. I am glad to know that I have friends and colleagues in France who will welcome me and make me feel like I am with family for Christmas.

I have decided on a Language School and I am all registered to start classes on Jan. 4. I am looking forward to this and dreading it all at the same time. I know I need to learn the language and I know that God will give me the strength.

So, that’s the news today. I will post more as I know more as far as departure dates and I’ll be sure to keep you updated when I arrive in France.

Thank you all for your prayers and support over the past two years. It’s been a really long journey and I have learned so much and I would not be ready for the next step if I did not have your support.

Have a blessed holiday season!!

getting closer…

Well, I’ve been delayed a little bit, but I am still on my way.  It looks like I will be able to move to France in mid-November.  I still have a long way to go in my support raising so, of course, I can still really use your prayers! 

God is (as usual) teaching me something.  I have been given a deadline to raise my support of the end of October.  This scares me just a bit because I still have a lot to raise and it’s been a hard road so far.  Every once in a while I am overwhelmed by fear and doubt and really wondering if it will happen… but here is the good news:  GOD IS IN CONTROL! 

Yesterday I read a passage in Numbers 23 and it said, “does He speak and then not act?  does He promise and then not fulfill?”  God is so faithful.  God has called me to go and work in France and God has promised to give me a ministry in France.  He keeps His promises.  He is faithful!  Sometimes the storm is still raging around me and the enemy is still trying to poke his way into my thoughts but God is in control.  God calms the storm and His voice overpowers the voice of the enemy. 

God has a purpose for me in France and I am so excited to get there and do all that He wants me to do.  I know it will happen soon.  Thank you for your prayers and support and for believing with me in the promises of God.