MTW Missionaries to Peru!

Well, ladies and gentlemen, this blog now belongs to an MTW missionary.  Derek and I were officially accepted by Mission To the World as short term missionaries to Cusco, Peru a few weeks ago, and we just got back from a week of training with them in Atlanta.  For five days we attended training sessions along with many others just like ourselves, who are headed to all different parts of the world with the gospel message.

We learned so much in a short amount of time, but it was fantastic, because it was getting us one step closer to Peru.  And it was so encouraging to hear how God has worked in the lives of so many different people, calling them and equipping them to serve Him. 

Another really uplifting part about it was that each morning was started off with a worship time.  There's nothing quite like worshiping with other believers to start your day off right!

So now we have returned home feeling super pumped about what God is doing, and eager to get started building our support team over the next year.  I know that this is a spiritual high, and that we'll face some really difficult and challenging things in the next few years, but for now I am thankful and happy for the comradery and encouragement that can exist in God's family.

Us with the group at MTW

This song is running through my mind:

10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning
It's time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

You're rich in love, and You're slow to anger
Your name is great, and Your heart is kind
For all Your goodness I will keep on singing
Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

And on that day when my strength is failing
The end draws near and my time has come
Still my soul will sing Your praise unending
Ten thousand years and then forevermore

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

Jesus, I'll worship Your holy name
Lord, I'll worship Your holy name

Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
Jesus, I'll worship Your holy name
I'll worship Your holy name

A Helpful Title

I love how every time I come to my blog I am reminded by the quote at the top that THIS is a key moment. 

This moment, as I sit on my sofa, looking out the window and the sunny weather outside with my prenatal vitamin in hand, is a key moment in time because God created it and orchestrated it for a reason.  So I am reminded to thank God for the beautiful day, for my comfortable couch, and my nasty, big prenatal vitamin.  I thank God for the spare moment to reflect on His goodness, and sovereignty in my life.  And pray that I will remember Him more often.