It's All a Matter of Perspective

Thursday morning at the breakfast table, we started talking about the trip that my son Travis and I had made to Malaysia and Australia last summer. Travis in all seriousness turned to his mother and said, "Mom, have you ever been on a missions trip?"

After several minutes of discussion we all agreed that although Deborah has officially only been on ONE "missions trip", and her trip looked more like this, 19 years was uncommonly long for one trip. ;-)

(This is a picture of Deborah, our four kids, a foster baby , our friends 2 kids, and a 15 year old who lived with us for over a year.)

It sure is interesting to hear how our kids, who were all born in Japan, see things.

As mentioned, we are planning to return to the States sometime during the spring to late-spring. Now we are all finding out "how we see things."

This is a decision made after talking with our pastor in the US, and the church leaders here. And of course, praying...and talking...and wondering...

Last fall when our pastor and his wife came to visit he challenged me to not limit myself as to what work I could do in the kingdom of God. At first I did not "have ears to hear" what he was saying.

However, after really considering every thing, and talking with the missionary we have been working with here, Deborah and I decided it was time to make a change. Although at this point we have no official job to return to in the States, we believe the LORD Himself will open a door that will give us a greater opportunity to affect the "mission field" of the whole earth even more for Him.

Please pray with us as we transition in the next few months. This is certainly not the easiest thing to do...

By the way, have you ever been on a "missions trip"?