New Ground and Planting Seeds

This picture above is a large field that is right behind our apartment. When we first moved here it was simply an over grown open pasture.  Many people would bring (and still bring) their goats and cows to feed on the land.  A couple of months ago a man started to till and weed this massive portion of the hillside.  We enjoyed watching him transform the land into something new.  He used only a hoe and machete and the end product was this! That is a lot of time in effort in my opinion and a lot of sweat in the hot hot sun.

I was admiring his garden this morning and watching the the plants begin to push out of the ground thinking soon they will start bearing a variety of veggies.

I started to reflect on the last year of our lives. A year ago today we were preparing to come to St. Vincent not really knowing what to expect or what God was going to teach us.  Over the past 11 months God had tilled and molded our lives; we have grown so much in our faith and with each other.  We know he has allowed us to produce fruits (and veggies :) ) during our time here by touching the lives of the WISE students, the preschoolers, and families in the community.  We are so thankful that God is our provider, our refiner, our Shepard, and our "gardener".

It is hard for us to believe that we only have one more week to spend in beautiful St. Vincent. We will miss all of the people we have been blessed to work with throughout our time here. We know that God has used this experience to make us new creatures and our prayer is that He will continue to do so as we move on to our next chapter in life (and we know he will).

We will be spending some time with family when we return to the U.S. and then our plan is to move to Atlanta, GA.  We are not sure what God will have us do in Atlanta yet but we know he will reveal his plans for us.  We ask for your prayers as we transition that we will find jobs quickly and become connected with our new community.  Please pray for safe travels for us this summer as we are visiting family.  We cannot express how THANKFUL  we are to all of you who have supported us, loved us, prayed for us, and encouraged us along the way we could not have done it without you. Thank you for being apart of the wonderful ministry of WISE. We love you!