These last two months have been a WONDERFUL time of resting. We knew that's what God said to do and so we did it. He said to be INTENTIONAL with people and with him. We subleased from our neighbors till August 23rd. We knew after that our "resting" time was up.... So as the date got closer and closer we were like, "okay Lord we trust that you will show us our next step."
THE ELEVENTH HOUR:
I have often heard that God is 'rarely early, never late, but right on time.' And I believe He does that so that we rely on Him and not ourselves. Every time He comes through it grows our faith. Such has been the case with us as we have continually put our lives on the edge, leaving no room for anyone else to come through but Him. And it has been amazing! We wouldn't have it any other way.
SO... Here's the story.
August 23rd was the date we had to be out of our sublease. That same day Meehan and Dan were getting married (our dear friends). We had prayed earlier that day for an "Invitation" from the Lord. Not just any invitation but that we would know it was from God and not man. So while we were at the ceremony Luke is approached by one of the guests. He is a YWAM guy (by the way there were TONS of YWAMers there cuz Dan has been involved with YWAM for years. The guy found out our story-- that we have a heart for long term missions and that we were about to be up in our lease and were waiting for the next step from God. So he goes into "inviting" us to come to Kona. He had all these great ideas for us, ways to plug us in and get us going etc. But for some reason both Luke and I felt such hesitancy! We were like "Lord is this our Invitation? Cuz we don't feel any peace." We left the conversation feeling torn in our hearts...
Then... right after that we run into a couple (Johnny and Jenni) who had come down from YWAM Montana. We have some dear friends up there (Brian and Mackenzie) who did DTS with us in Kona. They had written a letter and given it to Johnny and Jenni to deliver it to us. So back to back we are invited to Kona then here we get a written "Invitation" with our names on it from Brian and Mackenzie. I open it up and basically it said that they missed us and knew that God would show us our next step. And they said that if we "ever wanted to come up and visit the base in Montana that we could totally stay with them and check it out."
We were like "Lord is this you?!" The next day, after the wedding, we both went off for 2 hours and spent time with the Lord and God totally showed Luke that we should take a road trip up there to Montana and check out the YWAM base. God gave both of us, separately, the verse in Genesis "Go to a land I will show you" that God had given to Abram when he was to go to the Promised Land.
SO, that's what we are going to do. Leaving around Sep 10th we will be driving up to Montana to visit. We don't know what God has in store for us but we are confident that as we go "On an Adventure with Him" that He will show us the way.
So we'll keep you posted on the adventure. We really feel there will be a lot of divine appointments along the way, which is one reason why we felt we should drive and not fly.
Keep us in your prayers that God continues to cover our marriage and uses us till we are spent in Him!
Love you guys...
Luke and Bethany
8 comments:
ALWAYS so encouraged when I read your blog. So amazed by your faith! A lot has happened since I last saw you at Maritza's wedding. :) Thanks for the updates. Will continue to pray for you guys and thank you for all the encouragement with your incredible life and trust in the Lord.
I dont' think i can ever hear this particular story enough.. thanks for including all of us on your adventures,it really is like we are right there!!
xo
j
The Lord is so so awesome! We love you guys, and are so encouraged by your faith and your OBEDIENCE. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo Meg (and Ben!)
So cool! God will definitely keep giving you just enough guidance to light the next step, usually no more than that! But its all we need. I'm excited for you both, youre in my prayers!
I am so excited for you both! This seems like a great opportunity. I have only ever heard great things about the Montana base. My prayers are behind you guys!
Cool! I love hearing the news of your new adventure. The funny thing is, at the moment I am going up to Jenni and Johnny's apartment in Kona to meet my outreach leaders who are subleasing their place while they're in Montana. It's a small world. I'm so excited for you and can't wait for more updates!
We are so amazed! Thank you Jesus for such a wonderful testimony....and it's just the beginning! All glory, and honor, and praise are Yours! God bless you guys....and this awesome adventure! We love you!!
The Whites
WOW! Sounds like a great adventure is ahead of you. That is God's country up there, So amazingly beautiful... I travelled there after college (many moons ago!) Be prepared it can snow in September!!!We'll look forward to hear what the Lord has in store for you.
Miss you guys!
Love, Kath and Steve
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