Time is getting closer. 21 days left until we head out. I (Andrew) just have to say how blessed we have been lately and how God is confirming this decision. Couple of examples:
I was at Steve's Auto and Truck repair (fantastic place to get your car worked on btw) getting the Subaru looked at and found out that we had a bad wheel bearing. Well long story short, there was a lady in there who was also getting her car fixed, and we struck up a conversation, and when my bill came, she paid for the whole thing. Said she was happy to help a brother in Christ and she also said it was a thank you for serving our country. I tell you it was a great blessing. Saved us a few hundred dollars.
We had a friend of ours invite us to put some of our stuff in a yard-sale he was having. Well we ended up selling almost everything that was in the sale, including Meagan's car, which was fantastic. It's really cool to see how God is working, bringing the right people into our path at the exact moment we need them. One of the reasons that we wanted to share this with everyone is that I have been really stressed with not knowing what is going to happen once we get out to Montana. Remember...no job prospects, no place to live, etc. If you know me personally, you know that I am a planner...I like to have a very good idea of what the outcome is before I travel or enact a plan. So the not knowing is killing me.
On the other hand, I have had some encouraging messages come my way. One of them was: Which takes more faith? Working like crazy to save up as much money as possible before leaving; or is it being like the disciples when Jesus said "follow me", and they laid down their fishing nets (their job), walked away from family and friends, and followed Jesus. I was encouraged when I given this message. If I wasn't sure that this was God's will we wouldn't be doing it, so we are going out there on faith knowing that since this is where God is calling us we will be taken care of.
The other message I got was: Don't worry about the "how". That's a big one for me since I like to plan. This is also a good place to tell everyone the gist of what we feel led to do.
We would like to start a ranch in Montana for wounded veterans, and we would like to pair them up with wounded animals. It would last a few weeks per cycle, and would allow healing for both the veterans and the animals. We would like to be non-profit, which means living on donations, and the start-up costs are in the high six-figure range to the low-to-mid seven figure range.
So the "how" is the biggest factor of all. Lucky for me, my God is bigger than money, Montana, or anything else this crazy world has in store. We know where we are at, and where we feel led to be, but what we don't know is how we're gonna get there, or how long it is going to take. It's all in God's hands. One thing about God that I have come to realize is that while He is never early with His blessings, He is also never late. He is always right on time.
If God is calling you to do something, I would suggest that you listen.
1 John 4:1-6 says,"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God:every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Take your own leap of faith and be ready to witness the Spectacular.
