Acts 17:26-28

"I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how. That is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest positions He must give me His grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient"-Hudson Taylor,

So in this season of life, here in little ole Auburn, Alabama, I have no idea what's next. But i take great encouragement from Hudson Taylor, one of China's very first missionary. And believe, that it doesn't matter where God places me or how, for His grace is sufficient in it all. Althought it was unclear before, I now see, as my sweet daddy always reminds me, "katie, the goal in your life is to work yourself out of a job. you share until everyone's heard. and then you move on. you don't have to be called to one particular place, cause like Paul, your line of work requires to go where the lost is". So here I'm in Auburn. And wouldn't you know it, He has provided me friends from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Korea, and sweet Mexico. Not to mention my dear new American friends and family. I love love love that He's brought the nations to us.

In short. Although I don't know particulars, it's so good to cling to what is truth and what I do know. Banking on the promises of God. I know I'm called to go. I know He'll go with me and before me. And I know that because He's obviously not finished with me (or i'd be dead), that He does have plans. So I guess, for now, I'll just plan on striving to be obedient and to fix my eyes on the One on the Throne-the prize.

He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.' -Acts 17

Peru part 2

So yeah, i should of written the second half like ages ago. but life gets crazy. so here is a quick quick praise to what the Lord did that week of Spring!

We made it safely, crossing a zipline over a pretty intense river into the Peruvian jungle. Upon arriving we knew of 2 believers. After leaving, it appeared we had atleast 5 more. Praise the Lord! The boys on the trip even lead one little Louigi to Jesus and were able to baptize him the next day on the banks of the river. Please pray that this little lad grows up loving Jesus with his whole heart, mind, and soul and become a spiritual leader and light to his village. So sweet for the Spirit to move in his little heart!

The village also voted on building a church and the next day began cutting down jungle timber to be used. It was such an encouragement to us as many had said that their reasonings for not building one was that it always resulted in burning down. Please pray against spiritual warfare and the for the well-being of the church, and most importantly, for it's members. That they would grow into a strong, beautiful, bride of Christ.

And last, but certainly not least. Please pray for these sweet ninos of the village of Chirani. That they'd grow up putting their hope in the Way, which is Jesus Christ. How can you not want to see these little faces in heaven??

Peru Part 1-the journey there

What a week. The Lord is so sweet to us. Despite the fact we deserve the wrath of God, He instead showers us with His love and favor. You are too sweet, Lord.

So we arrived in Lima at midnight the first night only to wake up to a terrible earthquake that had hit Japan. (http://www.operationworld.org/japa) Watc

hing the news as houses and animals were caught up in a terrible amount of debris on TV, a warning issued along with it that a possible Tsunami could make its way to the South American Coast by 8pm that night. But in the Lord's sovereignty, it did not hit the coast of Lima hard by any means and only the beach itself was closed to disappointed surfers.

So with tsunami warnings out of our head we trekked 8 hours by van up over the Andes mountains East of Lima into the jungles of Peru. I'm told if we had gone a little further East we would of been caught up in the jungles of Brazil. Needless to say, an adventure like I'd never experience awaited us. and God just keeps getting bigger.

I'll tell more tomorrow :). But I feel there is so much to write about this story better come in pieces! But He sure did amazing things on this trip. Changed our hearts and hopefully broke them for a new people. Can't wait to tell you all more when I'm more awake and if not for your own interest, then at least a reminder to me at how strong the God I serve is.

thanks Benton

y'all miss me yet? gosh. it's been so long since i last wrote! thankfully though, i have not fallen off the face of the earth...

anyhow. just wanted to share a little bit about His faithfulness! Last Sunday I went to and spoke at a small town church in Benton, Alabama. You don't know where it is? I didn't either.... But amazingly the Spirit knew and showed up and showed out.

After sharing my story that night, and without asking, the 15 adult memebers in attendance, and possibly 15 children, took up a love offering. At the end they said, "here's some gas money".

wow, i thought. after a quick glance i read $127.00. amazing that 15 people gave that much. that's almost 10$ a person

crazy enough. i didn't read the check right. and low and behold 2 days later I saw the check again. I was a little off, as they had given me $1,270.00. WHAT?! incredible! and the awesome thing was that was the exact amount needed for both my Peru trip and a conference in Orlando that I planned to attend this next week. How incredible and sweet of the Lord! And how amazing that this church, this body, listened to the Spirit and gave obediently! Oh He is sooo soo good to me! What a sweet reminder of His provision for me financially even though what He did for me on the cross was always enough. Such a Mighty God we serve!

10 days and counting :)

can't wait to hold my little stinker nephew.

i certainly cannot write all that is on my heart tonight. it is late. and finally, after a long day, perhaps partly because i'm so tired, the tears have come. i knew they would. i knew it was only a matter of time. they almost spilt over today walking to work knowing what would face me.

no, no one died. so perhaps these tears are just me being a girl. but today was my last day of work. and now that i'm home, after a jog that i thought would help, i sit here at home crying. thanking Him for His favor this past year. Thanking Him for all that He's done and for my sweet athletes that I will miss so much.

Will I see them again? I don't know. I have no idea what the future holds for them or for me. I do know where I'll be when it's all said and done. And tonight I'm begging Him to let them be there too. I love those girls. So very very much.