Timely Lessons

For those of you who just received our newsletter, please excuse the repetition, but I needed to document this recent lesson from God here on the blog for my future reference. He often gives us these timely lessons that we need to hang on to!

As we begin to settle into life, we have seen some rough days and

unexpected changes about how our ministry may take shape in the months to come.

• The location of our kids’ school will change for this next year, which shifted our search for where to live.
• Kirstin received word shortly after we arrived in Krakow that her grandmother passed away.
• The football team that Albert has worked with for the past 3 years may not be in existence any longer.
• It took 6 different visits from the internet provider before we actually had a signal in our new home to connect with loved ones.

Hardships are a part of life, in America or overseas, but God reminded me of an important lesson yesterday morning. Arin woke up during the 5am hour (the sun rises at 4:15 these days), but she fortunately went back to sleep. Kirstin, however, did not. This allowed me extra time to spend with God, and when I rose to open our living room curtains, I saw an amazing view of the Tatra mountains located an hour south of Krakow!

We had not seen this view since we’ve moved in because of the heat and low clouds. But a storm had moved through just the evening before…….which revealed the most amazing view of God’s creation. Often time, storms bring new perspective……….often a view we have never seen before.

What views are you waiting to see when the storms roll through your life? These light and momentary trials can result in blessings you don’t want to miss.