Thursday, November 6, 2008

So excited




I can hardly believe that just three months before, we were preparing to leave Costa Rica and begin our new adventure in Mexico City that I was fearful of all the unknowns. I now realize how much emotional energy I wasted. If I only could have imagined how amazing God's provision would be, how amazingly his hand was already at work preparing ahead of time the people we would meet. As I write this I am sitting beside my little Tica Sister Stephanie who is visiting from Costa Rica and God willing will be back early in the New year to join us with our church plant. Now I think I am pretty creative, but I never would of dreamed that from serving hungry little kids in Costa Rica I would have had the opportunity to make a new little sister and that would not just be it but that God would wind our paths to close that she would (hopefully) join us in Mexico City. Why should I be surprised is this not the same God who put the stars in place and told the sea where its limits were? Tonight I am so encouraged we spent the afternoon with my Mexican friend and it was her birthday so we had the privilege of making her dinner and spending the evening with her!! She is going to come over on Sunday as well and join us for a morning of hearing Stephanie's story and worship with us and then we will have lunch, of course there has to be food! It is amazing the peace and joy that you feel when you are exactly in the place that you know you were created to be. I know that some days I would give anything to see my Claudia and for all the other things that seem so far away from us. But you can not even image how God supplies for your every need, there is truly nothing that we are lacking. I feel absolutely content and find my life so rewarding,believe me I also know that this has a lot to do with the fact that we have faithful people at home lifting us up in prayer. We love you, and thank you for support thank you for allowing us to live out our dream in Mexico City.
in the pictures are Stephanie at San Angel a beautiful little place with wonderful art work! The other pic is a beautiful picture of a mexican woman selling dollls.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are our gift to these folks as well. We are serving a HUGE GOD. He has opened my eyes to see Him in a totally different light recently. THere's no limits - absolutely none for Him. Sending love and hugs - heather

Cindy @ Creating at Home said...

Missing you, Sand. :-)

Living4Christ said...

I couldn't remember when Stephanie was going to visit you (I've been in the State the whole month of Oct), but how exciting to have her there with you! I'm kind of jealous that she was able to come and not me...how sad, but I'm glad she could go!

Love you and miss you!!!

annie.marie said...

Hi Nathan, Sandra, Izzy, Carmy and Julia!!
I ran across your blog, and I'm so happy I did!!
Can I have your e-mail address??
ALSO, i had to look twice at the pic of you guys with Stephanie!! she is so amazing, and I was confused at why she wsa in Mexico with you, but I LOVE that she is, how GREAT!!
Praise God for His calling her to cross your paths in this mission!!

another thing, would it be possible to come and visit in august?? just throwing that out there!
blessing on you, keep blogging, i love reading!!
love to you all!