The Blizzard of 08'

Well, at least that's what everyone is calling it here in Ohio! Would you believe it the day before we are to leave for Indiana the storm hit. We debated, debated, prayed and prayed and it seems it was too risky to put our boys on the dangerous roads and drive the 4 hours to Indiana. We were crushed. This means our Candidate Review Weekend with World Gospel Mission would be put off until July! Saturday night we were contacted by our representative there and she informed us they would put plans on hold for us and not begin until Sunday at 3pm. We felt God was clearing a way for us, we knew we needed to be there, and so that is what we did! At the last minute, Sunday morning at 5am as the boys snugly slept in their warm beds, we repacked, loaded the van, woke them up and took off! God of course cleared our way, we made it to Indiana in record time, passed over 20 other fellow travelers in ditches along the road, making sure their O.K. and praying the whole way, we finally made it! And we had so much fun. It was so nice to finally meet the people we have been e-mailing and speaking with on the phone for the last few months. World Gospel Mission was so amazing! We got to meet 2 other couples that were applying to go to Africa as well. One couple had been on a field visit to Uganda for just a couple of weeks, came home and knew God wanted to move their entire family there! It was such a blessing to hear everyones testimonies and watch God move in so many ways! We had our final interview before the committee this morning and made our way back home to Ohio, and again God cleared the roads for us! So now we wait. We are just praying World Gospel Mission (WGM) will be willing to use us as missionaries to serve in their organization in taking the gospel into Africa. They are leaning toward Uganda and this is the area we have been praying for as well! So we know God's perfect will is going to take over and make all final decisions. So we would greatly appreciate your prayers that His will is done and we will be willing to accept :) If you are fairly new to the world of blog's (like we are) I highly recommend you check out some of the other missionaries blog pages. This is what finally give us the courage to do what God had been calling us to do for so many years! You can read about missionaries from all over the world with all different organizations! It is very encouraging and so faith filled it really gives your spirit a "boost"! You can do this by going to the right of this page and clicking on "view my complete profile" this will bring you to our home page then at the top click on "missionaries" and tada...there you have it! Please read and be blessed! I have attached pictures of Sam and Zach enjoying the snow! They were not disappointed at all about not making in to Indiana on Saturday, they were only concentrating on having fun!
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable if anything is excellent or praiseworthy think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8-9