God's Handiwork

This past week God has painter our trees with frost and made our world sparkle with beauty.

    The day after I took photos the sun came out and everything sparkled like diamonds. It makes our world look like a scene from C.S. Lewis "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" When Lucy first stumbles in to Narnia. This picture is not as bright but it reflects my thoughts.

     It has been a long week for me. My knees have been troubling me and they have just been more troublesome this week. I have been in 3 dr. offices and have cried a bit. As in my previous post my heart and I want to be in Africa and there is still much to do. Sore knees and surgery do not fit into that time frame very well. But I have scheduled knee replacement surgery on Feb. 21. I see God's handiwork in this too.

   It is often hard to get to a referral and hard to get into see specialists. I made a stop at the walk in clinic and was given a referral. When the orthopedics office called the next day I was able to get an appointment the next day and was able to get this all scheduled and cared for in one appointment. Not sure that is heard of in today's world very often. I had however asked a lot of people to pray with me about my knees. 

     So I got my right knee injected and now it is feeling better. My Grace Point Grub meal ministry need to go on while I am not available. I  have been talking to people and it seems to be coming together for the 3 weeks I am not available. Another example of God's Handiwork.

   So we are going forward.

    This is the luggage of a young couple we met at SIMgo mostly ready for their transition to Niger West Africa. It was a mind numbing thought to me to narrow our stuff down to this small quantity and reality is we don't have 3 young children and one more coming in 6 months. 

    I have been cleaning and clearing things but it's a daunting task. I took this photo as a reminder of our goal. I am hoping to see God's handiwork as we clean out and prepare our home as well.