Dear Ones
Happy weekend! We didn’t get the expected rain yesterday that was forecast, and we were pleasantly surprised. Kurt and Brenda and friends stopped in on their way to the cabin and even happier that they got sunshine instead of the rain. Today the sale continues on here and tonight things get back in order again. Fun working together and I suspect everyone will sleep well tonight!
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Our God is a miracle working God and He does things above what we can ask or think. Paul says in Eph. 3:20-21, “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power a work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Our God does amazing works above and beyond our thoughts and dreams.

I would like to share one more story of a missionary friend of ours who knew she had a calling from the Lord and trusted Him to open the doors to accomplish His will in her life.  I will use her words that can be found in the book, Food for Ravens, which many miracles are shared by missionaries.

 “It was August of 1990 and I was sitting in Chuck Lindquist’s office while he was trying to convince me that none of the World Mission Prayer League fields needed a librarian. ‘Here are some catalogs of colleges in the area that offer degrees in ESL certification,’ he said. ‘Perhaps you should look into something like that.’ I knew that wasn’t what I was suppose to do. I love being a librarian and really felt that God could use me in that type of position on the field. However, here was the Mission’s personnel director telling me that this might not necessarily be the case. As I was trying to figure out how to politely give all the catalogs back to Chuck and leave, the phone rang. He picked it up and began talking. As I started to leave the room, he motions me to stay seated. Pretty soon I hear him say, ‘Well, she’s sitting right her. Maybe you should talk to her.’ The phone call was from Bolivia. That very afternoon Linda Nelson, one of our missionaries in Bolivia, was going into the Santa Cruz post office when the director of the local American school for missionary kids was coming out. When Linda asked him if there was enough staff for the following year, he told her they were still lacking one key person. You guessed it—they needed a librarian. ‘We have one sitting in Minneapolis right now,’ Linda had said. ‘Call this number and ask if Carol is still available.’ So the director of the school did call, I was available, and two weeks later I ventured off to Santa Cruz. Six schools and more than twenty years late, I am still loving my job as a librarian.” She is soon going to retire and she is the best librarian I have ever known! She followed the path the Lord had for her.

Challenge for today: Seek to know God’s will each day and then trust Him to open the doors before you.
Blessings on your weekend and prayers and love, Judy