So, is no news good news? Hummm. Well, that may the question on many of your minds, since you have not had an update from me in, well, months. Well, let’s see. Last year I started off the year excited about a new opportunity to assist with a healthcare education program abroad. It had presented itself while on a medical/dental mission trip to the people of the Peruvian Andes. I had been asked by the soon to be local Peruvian organizational leader of Medical Ministry International if I would consider returning for a year. During last year, I began to prepare my home for renters or buyers, looked at renting, selling, and/or refinancing my home, looked at different options to begin studying Spanish (purchased a book and a program), found myself to be undisciplined with studies, met with a gal knowledgeable regarding healthcare education in foreign environments (got some exciting ideas), began advertising my home for rent and asking for financial and prayer support. I’m sure I left some things out, but you get the idea. The big clincher has been the house. Ugh. In some ways, it seems like that dirty thing you just can’t wash off your hands. Then again, I knew that I had been the controlling force in most of my overseas travels and I have not wanted that this time. I knew that if God would rent out my home or sell it then He also would be giving me permission to go. I want that badly. Not a step out of His plans. As the end of the year approached and January came upon me, I asked God to give me a sign. Yes or no. I asked Him to rent out the house in January or give me some movement with regard to renting the place. Well, I got more interest than I had in the months before, but no one filled out the application or gave the $30 for the background check. The people were interesting though. One guy thought that maybe if he paid the years worth of rent in advance then I could skip the background check. Hah! No. So, here we are in February. I am trying to exhausted all advertising options locally at least (Craigslist, sign in yard, RentAmerica, ForRent.com, Renters.com, work place ad, NickleAd, called Nike & Intel). I am praying for wisdom as to when to stop advertising if the house does not rent in the next while and what to do next. My question is, does it have to be totally hopeless before God says, ‘Now you can go.’? Well, either way, I am asking God for wisdom and a vision for serving Him. If you would come by my side and join me in this prayer, I would greatly appreciate it. God is good! All the time!
