Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

O soul are you weary and troubled?

No light in the darkness you see?

There's light for a look at the Savior

And life more abundant and free

Turn you eyes upon Jesus

Look full in His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace

Through death into life everlasting

He passed, and we follow Him there

Over us sin no more hath dominion

For more than conquerors we are

And turn your eyes upon Jesus

Look full in His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace

His word shall not fail you, He promised

Believe Him and all will be well

Then go to a world that is dying

His perfect salvation to tell

And turn your eyes upon Jesus

Look full in His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace

This song is a good reminder to keep our eyes on Jesus, no matter what is going on. Whether it's a virus going around, ministry isn't going how you thought it would, you tweak your knee really bad, or you have stomach problems and acid reflex for over a week. 

In Him we are more then conquerors and He wants us to share with others the salvation we have in Him! My little problems are nothing compared to what He did for me and you in dying on the cross and all the pain He went through. 

With that being said, it just reminded me of why I do what I do and that even though I don't enjoy having acid reflex and not being able to take my walks and enjoy active activity's for 4-8 weeks, because of my knee. I still have the joy of sharing the Gospel with children and with those around me! 

So, I hope in this new year that I will remember to keep my eyes on Jesus and I hope you will too! 

Happy 2021! 

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I'm Loving my new town and house! God has blessed me So much with a wonderful landlord, friendly Christian neighbors (had lunch with them today!), Godly housemate, a killer view of the ocean from the house, and the house came fully furnished! 

God worked out the whole thing of getting this house and my housemate. I'm so thankful for a God who cares and is faithful! 

Every-night I try and walk down (1.5mile) to the north point to sit and watch the sunset and the whales. :) It's a great reminder of how amazing and creative our God is! Here is a picture from every sunset I've watched from my time of living here. I hope you enjoy!

I hope you enjoyed looking at them all! :) It's been fun to see how different each one is. Oh, and there is a whale in two of them. :)

Just Go...

"You just have to go. You just have to go. Even if there is no clarity about your return, you just have to go." -Nick Ripkens book "The Insanity Of God."

Most the time I feel like God is telling me to just go and I don't have any idea of when I may come back or what the end of that journey is. God tells us a lot to just take one step and to just trust Him. Abraham, Joseph, Hosah, are just some examples of people in the Bible who God told to Just Go and they didn't know what the next step was after that or what would happen on the journey God was putting them on.   

It's hard to trust Him when we can't see what will happen on the journey or even just the next step. 

But God... He is so Good, Faithful, True, Loving, Kind, Patient, Amazing, Powerful, Forgiving, King, Savoir, Friend, Omniscient, Omnipresent, and I AM. 

In everyone of those stories, God was Faithful when they trusted in Him. 

You may ask, "Why are you even talking about this?" This is where I am at in my life right now... Just getting back home and starting a new journey in the craziness of this world. :P (Thanks Coronavirus for adding to it.) 

I'm at the point in my journey that God is telling me to Just Go and I don't know what is after this or even what will happen in the next year, but I will trust God and Just Go. Because I have seen God be Faithful, True, Good, Loving, and So many things in my life. I don't deserve God's Love or Salvation, but because He does Love me and sent His only Son Jesus to take my place I can have salvation. I'm truly amazed by God and His constent Love and discipline towards me. Even when I mess up everyday... He is still Faithful. 

All that being said, I am Just Going into the next journey God has placed me on and I don't know what will happen, but I know the One who does! 

Is there something that God is telling you to Just Go and do? 

BTW... The Insanity Of God is one of my favorite books and I highly recommend you to read it. It made me look at the world through a whole new pair of glasses. 

Thai Engagement Party!

We were invited to a Thai Christian engagement party. It was being held in the girls home town which is 3+ hours from Bangkok. Because it was starting at 9am we decided to leave a day earlier and spend the night out there. It was wonderful to get out of Bangkok and to enjoy the hills and trees! 😊 

Can you tell how excited they were to get out of the car? :) 

We had quite the time at the party. :) 

The whole team! Everyone got dressed up! 

On the way home we saw these elephants! They were my first elephants I've seen here in Asia. 

We also saw a Huge group of monkeys, and right after the elephants we ran into a street party for who-knows-what. :) 

Birthday Beach Trip!

 Jen's Birthday is at the end of Dec. so for her b-day we went on a spontaneous trip to the beach! :) It was a wonderful time of relaxing and celebrating her. :)  

 (Does anyone see the problem in this picture?) 

 Beautiful sunrises from my room! 

 They had a flower wall! :) 

 Mommy and her little baby! 

 Micah loves his food and funny faces! :) 

The Kids had a sleepover in my room both nights. :) They both enjoyed it. 

 A Beautiful sunset one night!!! Wow, God really paints the sky's some nights. 

 Our last meal at the resort! Oh, I also know why people go to resorts now... :) 

 Saying Goodbye!! :) 

If you can't tell... that is a elephant made from a bush. :) 

Happy Birthday Jen!!