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The challenge of faithfulness...the beauty of a Faithful God

If you're at all following our move to Kosovo, you might know that we have experienced some slight delays in getting settled. We've been in country over a week and had really had no hope in sight in terms of finding a home or car.

Now, I suppose a week isn't so long of a time to wait...but it has definitely seemed like a crazy long time.

I was asked many times in the weeks before our departure "so, where are you gonna live"? My answer was always..."not sure...but we're trusting that God will provide".  And we believed it. We weren't just blithely moving to Kosovo WISHING that there would be a perfect place. No. We truly had faith that the right place was already "set aside".

Of course, our faith hasn't been a blind faith. God has completely provided at every step. He has confirmed this calling by making a way for us.

Yet... we were worried, we were stressed, we were frustrated. Fortunately, many people, probably most of you reading this blog have been praying for us; praying for provision certainly, but mostly praying that we would have patience, that we would persevere in our faith.

Of course, our God is a faithful God. He provides...(and uses) times of quiet to prepare and refine us. We have learned a ton about life in Kosovo in this last week. Mostly because we experienced the process. We didn't just read about it. Certainly, we still have a lot to learn, but our understanding/expectations of what life is and will be like here in Kosovo is becoming much clearer. We're excited to be learning this way, and getting to know our new friends here in Kosovo as we do so. Not surprisingly, prayers were heard and answered, because during these days of unknown we did have a certain peace (even if we still worried a bit). We didn't lose sleep or anything.

Today, God provided options. He provided places that were below budget and well within what we identified as some needs for our living situation.

Details will follow, but please continue praying for us as we make decisions.


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