Observations and Emotions

Hi there,

Thinking about this just blows my mind!

Thinking about all of this, knowing all that I have to get done and get ready for, is overwhelming at times. I am so thankful that we have a wonderful God who takes care of all of our worries and fears!

Thank you for your prayers they have been much needed. I have felt them for sure!

I wanted to entitle my blog today " Observation and Emotions" because that has been the roller coaster ride I have been on these last few days!

I am going through things from my house I am renting. It is starting to become emotional.
The cool thing about all of this is that I am beginning is observation. Observing the things I keep, and how much stuff " I really need". When I leave on the 15th of Aug, I will have my whole life in 3 suitcases. The Lord is really showing me how our world puts too much emphasis in material things instead of eternal things.

Update on Teaching:

I am going to be teaching grade 2 bible and art! There is also a high possibility of teaching Grade 2 handwriting and library time.

I am so excited~!

Please pray as I continue to prepare to go and move.

Update on Finances:

I still am in need. please continue to pray that God would lead people to give towards this ministry. He has already provided in so many ways!

Have a great day!

Suitcases

Hi there friends,

I wanted to title my blog today " suitcases" because that is the way I have been doing these last few weeks.

Suitcases you may say? in what regards do you mean this? For the last few weeks, I have been flying around busy! These weeks have been flying! Both literally and as a simile!
I literally would be flying on an airplane 3x in 4 weeks. Then that is not even my trip in August!~

Parts of my heart, feel that not until I move to Albania will I ever be out of a suitcase. I pack to leave my house in W. Cola in 3 weeks, and then I am in transition for 2 weeks then pack and move again! Suitcases! I am ready to settle down and get situated. This reminds me of something I think of daily in my relationship with God..

I have been reminded daily of the aspect that this is not our " real home". Our real home is in heaven with the Lord. How often do I focus so much on the material things and not on eternal things? I constantly have to refocus my mind that this is not my definite home and that I should be doing this for HIS KINGDOM. This is just a pit stop, and we should be reaping eternal things, and not material things! My dad always used the analogy " we are in a layover in Atlanta!"

Let us know lose heart of this that we need to live in our suitcase here on earth ready at any moment to travel to be home with Jesus- where our real home is!

Hope this encourages you today!

Waiting for His Glorious Return,
Ashley

For a financial update:

I have a LONG way to go in a few short weeks! Please pray that God would lay on peoples heart to give!

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