1,300 pounds +

Leaving on a jet plane...

don't know if I'll be packed or not ~

 

we are allowed 26 checked bags of luggage
 - each weighing 50 lbs.

 

26 X 50 = 1,300 pounds of supplies

 

 

 

147 pairs of brand new shoes

250 T-shirts

100 + Frisbees

130 + reusable grocery bags

150 + toothbrushes

Umbrellas, School supplies, Bibles

the list goes on until we reached

our weight limit

(Please excuse quality of pictures - these were made with my phone)


Did I say...I AM EXCITED??

I will be one of 13 on a mission team headed to Honduras.We are leaving this week and will be ministering outside Tegucigalpa.

A lot of prayers have been prayed, seeking God's
direction and will for this trip. The LORD has given
affirmation in so many different ways.  I am so thankful
to see HIM at work in my life and in the lives of those
who are going to share GOD's love. 

My prayer and heart's desire for 2013,
has been "LORD, I long to see hungry hearts",
 hearts that long to hear of HIS love
and desire to spend time in fellowship with HIM.
  I never dreamed HE would let me
experience this 1200 miles from home. 

Please pray as we go ~
Pray for our hearts to be tender with HIS compassion.
Pray for our touch to be sweet with HIS love.
Pray for our eyes opened to needs HE would have us meet.
Pray ALL our work & efforts will be done to bring
 honor and glory to the LORD.


My prayer today has been - LORD, deliver the luggage.
After all the things have been donated, purchased, and packed, we hope everything arrives with us.

I hope to share on my blog, while I am there.
  This of course, will depend on internet access and time. 

I have given the LORD the flight number and surrendered myself to HIS desires, now anticipating with JOY what the LORD has in store.

Finding Joy in the Journey,
Karen


 

~Doing A New Thing

 

"Behold, I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs forth;

 do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it?

  I will even make a way in the wilderness

 and rivers in the desert.   Isaiah 43:19

 

 

 

 When the LORD says to awake and be alert,

 we need to ready ourselves.

 Our minds cleared from the clutter,

 our ears open to hear HIS voice,

 and our shoes tied and ready for the way ahead!

 

 He wants us moving forward, forgetting those things behind. Forgetting what?  Those past mistakes that we have asked forgiveness for. Those hurts and disappointments that we are being held captive to.  We need to place them under our feet once we have placed them at HIS feet.   Allowing them to become stepping stones we can stand upon as stones of testimony - remembrances of HIS faithfulness. We are not to put them before us, allowing them to slow and stumble us on our way forward.   They are to be as the stones that are laying at the bottom of the creek bed, allowing the flowing waters to make smooth, while flowing freely through and over.  The polishing of these remembrance stones are reminders of HIS work and faithfulness in our lives.  He is continually smoothing, reshaping, and moving us forward so we can allow HIS love and grace to flow freely in and through us.

 

 

A lot has sprung forth  ~  not speaking time & flowers only ~ in my life, these past months. The seeing & perceiving HIM at work while doing this new thing has brought such joy and excitement.

When we are allowing JESUS to fill our hearts daily, through our time spent with HIM, we cannot keep the overflow inside,

 it  must be shared with others.   

 

Places of my Heart, has a new look, and a much clearer direction.  Guess you could say HE has set my feet on a new path!

 

 

 

I am hoping to share on a more consistent basis. I have enjoyed blogging and sharing for almost three years now.  It's just my way of journaling life and my walk with the LORD.   

 

The next few weeks will be an adventure - packing and getting ready for a mission trip to Honduras!  My first!! My husband and I, along with our youngest son, will be traveling with a mission team from our church. He has placed a peace and excitement in my heart about the trip and I look forward to sharing it with you, right here, at Places of my Heart.

 

Seeking JOY in the Journey,
~Karen 

 

*Update: I had made plans to move Places of My Heart over to a Word Press site.  This will not be happening.  Google reader issues and receiving updated posts via email could not be worked out. I will continue using my BlogSpot site.  Thank you for bearing with me as I have worked through these issues.