Goals... ... ...

So here we are again.
I just came back from Lethbridge, hanging out with my family at the Alberta Summer Games, where my brother's team placed 5th.
I am appropriately psyched! And after enduring the 16 hr drive back north, I am faced with something that seems, insurrmountable. I will be in the Cook Islands Aug 20, 2012. That is less than 3 weeks away.
I am also faced with a phone call from the TEC Mission Board. It is long-awaited. But all of a sudden, I am unsure. "We want to go over your goals..."
...gulp....
Goals?
I want to serve Jesus. And God has told me to go back to the Cooks for this time.
So I pray, and as always, any fear, God takes away.
I am going to the Cooks to staff a DTS. It starts the first week of September. It will be done in the middle of January.
After that, honestly, we will see where the Lord leads. I don't feel called to the Cook Islands full-time, and lately my heart has been in a bit of a quandary.
Where does God really want me to go?
But I believe with all my heart, that with faith and perseverance, God will continue to make a way through thick and thin.
There is only 1 God. There is only 1 King. I can rest in the assurance of that fact. He has all things under control and will make all things beautiful in His time.
Amen

Next step...

so...it's been a few weeks.
A few long, crazy, short weeks. I know that's contradictory, but that's exactly what it feels like.
I've been working (2 1/2 jobs & yes, that is possible). It's been summer. There has been visiting, and Eagles Nest. And, there has been frantic planning.
You see, God has led me to head back to the Cooks for an indefinite amount of time. And He's led me to head back in time for the September school.
So last week I booked my tickets. I am officially heading back to the Cooks August 19, 2012. Lord willing, of course.
So for those of you who want to know-I'm heading back with the intention of staffing on another DTS. I am also looking at just joining general base ministry, and filling in wherever there is a need. I have felt, within the last couple weeks, and I am still praying about this, that God is not going to have me in the Cooks long-term. I believe that this is just a stepping stone and a training ground for me.
So please pray for me. Pray for wisdom and discernment. Pray that my heart will be prepared. Pray for safety as I travel. Pray that through me, God will reach out to many. And last, but probably first on my heart, pray that God will be with me as I leave my family.