HERE WE GO!!!!

Guess what?! Are you ready for this??

Are you sure??

Here it goes.....

WE JUST GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE MIDWIFERY PROGRAM AT NEWLIFE INTERNATIONAL AND WE'RE MOVING TO DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES IN JUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As noted in previous posts, we were planning on this, but now it's actually official! We received the acceptance letter yesterday and now have to start fundraising.

The midwifery classes start September 3rd and Tim and I must move into our new home in the Philippines 6-8 weeks prior. We plan to leave at the end of June or early July. In the meantime, we have to sell EVERYTHING. Everything. It's a very strange feeling to know that we won't need any of the stuff we now have and we can't take it with us anyway. Sounds a little like Heaven, eh? It's true....all our "possessions", toys, claims to fame, heirlooms, and treasures all have to stay here on earth when we die and enter Heaven. What's even better is that everything we need is provided for us in Heaven 'cuz Jesus said He was preparing a place for us (John 14:1-3). You're probably thinking, "Gosh, B, you're taking us on a rabbit trail!" Well, maybe a little, but bear with me here......

You see, Hebrews 11: 8-16 is a passage of Scripture that God gave me 3 years ago and has reminded me of it over and over and over again....and it has everything to do with leaving everything behind to go to a scary and unknown place....the place that God is preparing for us OR maybe He's preparing US for IT....the Philippines. Take a look at the Scripture:

"8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

11By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise. 12And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them."

Tim and I have no idea what we are walking into and we're scared spitless, but we know that God is speaking and we know our inheritance and true homeland is where Jesus is. Heaven. With that in mind, we joyfully leave behind the life we now know and look forward to stepping on to a path that God has prepared for us. God is faithful and we believe that the Philippines is God's best for us...we can't wait to see glimpses of Heaven in the Philippines! We also believe that in His timing, we will have our own children despite the doubts of doctors around us, and that when our journey here on earth is done, we will enjoy our faithful Saviour in the true country and homeland He is preparing for us.

May you look forward to your inheritance and live as an alien for now. WE'RE ALIENS, MAN! :) Be blessed.