It is 2016, and just a couple of weeks ago it was 2015. Like most people this causes me to look back on the year and think back on all that has happened in our lives.
A LOT has happened. God has brought us on quite the journey, a lot of the time the journey feels hard, but I can also account for much joy even within the trials. He is so good, He has not failed to lead us. Today my heart feels a lot of joy for many reasons at the same time as it feels a lot of different kinds of pains.
God brought me down a journey of health and a renewed way of following him, we went deeper into relationship and faith with God, we trusted in new ways, in big ways. We felt hurt by God more than ever before, and he was still faithful to never leave us, even when we were angry with him. He blessed us through our wonderful church in Florida and friends to love and care for us, and ministered to us big time. He provided for us full support to head to Africa. He has met us with daily needs, and relationship needs. He allowed Del and Arielle to be here with us for the first several months of us living here in Senegal. He has met us in a big way spiritually as we seeked him considering his promises to us. We have gone EVEN deeper into relationship with God as we seek him and as he reveals himself to us. You know it’s interesting as we look back we can see that we wouldn’t have known him this well if it wasn’t for the difficult things. This year has been really hard and really good at the same time!
We are excited to be here in Africa, we are exploring this place and building relationships, we are making mistakes and learning from them, we are being stretched and continuously burdened for the gospel. This next year is fairly unknown for us. We have no idea where we will be moving in the next couple months (or sooner), we don’t know who our host family will be or what church we will be a part of. But in time, (hopefully soon) we will know, and the story will unfold. I look forward to seeing how God answers prayers and how He will grow us. Right now, the things that are most hard is missing family and friends. My heart literally hurts to be away from all those important to me. Relationships is my deal and I hate being away from loved ones. I just want to bring you all here with me, I want the best of both worlds! I wonder what Heaven will be like? Will I get to go shopping and go out to breakfast or coffee? Wonder around Target (Krista!) together. Will we get to have a family Christmas? Is there “family” time? I have no idea, but I hope it’s awesome! When I think about missing home, yes there is food I want, but it’s the people I miss most, my heart hurts when I think about that!
That’s all for now, more to come soon.
Love this man
They love them, and wear them often!
We had dresses made for Ava and Penny for Christmas… so fun!
Alisha Miller
Jan 11, 2016 @ 12:04:36