TAMYRA CALLISON
My trip to Thailand last year was the hardest thing I had ever done, physically and mentally. This year I was going prepared. I thought. This trip was totally different and nothing went as planned. The plans we did make fell through before we could act on them. I became the observer. With the assurance of people praying back home for the success of this trip, I was able to sort of step back and observe God’s workings. I’m sure I would have been frazzled not knowing what the next step was, without prayer warriors at home. It was interesting watching God work. Never could so many things go wrong, with so much prayer behind it, without it being God working in our lives. God obviously was saying STOP. You forgot ME in this plan. It is not about you and what you can do. It is about ME. It took a lot to get our attention as we tend to be a stubborn group, but we did get it when we realized that 4 of us were sitting at the motel while those helping us were out helping in whatever way they could.
So even though things didn’t go as we planned, they went exactly how God planned, and I feel each of us grew in our faith, our obedience and patience. It seems it is only when we are in a vulnerable situation (like a foreign speaking country) or a big family crisis that we allow Him to get our attention. We tend to try to control things ourselves when we have more choices, sources etc, so we fend for ourselves instead of turning to and trusting God totally.
It was awesome to see God work. My prayer for 8 months was that God would show each of us a miracle so powerful that it couldn’t be anything else but Him. We saw MIRACLES!
-Patti was saved.
-The safety net we were under the whole time, when there was fighting around us and after we left.
-The way God got the attention of our busy professionals
-The way we were thrust into strangers’ lives and built such a strong bond that only could be built with God as the core.
It was so cool to witness this. I’m not sure if anyone else witnessed their miracles, but I sure got my share. I thank God for my miracles and I thank those of you who prayed so diligently. Knowing we were under His protection, allowed me to enjoy the trip in a totally different way.
My trip to Thailand last year was the hardest thing I had ever done, physically and mentally. This year I was going prepared. I thought. This trip was totally different and nothing went as planned. The plans we did make fell through before we could act on them. I became the observer. With the assurance of people praying back home for the success of this trip, I was able to sort of step back and observe God’s workings. I’m sure I would have been frazzled not knowing what the next step was, without prayer warriors at home. It was interesting watching God work. Never could so many things go wrong, with so much prayer behind it, without it being God working in our lives. God obviously was saying STOP. You forgot ME in this plan. It is not about you and what you can do. It is about ME. It took a lot to get our attention as we tend to be a stubborn group, but we did get it when we realized that 4 of us were sitting at the motel while those helping us were out helping in whatever way they could.
So even though things didn’t go as we planned, they went exactly how God planned, and I feel each of us grew in our faith, our obedience and patience. It seems it is only when we are in a vulnerable situation (like a foreign speaking country) or a big family crisis that we allow Him to get our attention. We tend to try to control things ourselves when we have more choices, sources etc, so we fend for ourselves instead of turning to and trusting God totally.
It was awesome to see God work. My prayer for 8 months was that God would show each of us a miracle so powerful that it couldn’t be anything else but Him. We saw MIRACLES!
-Patti was saved.
-The safety net we were under the whole time, when there was fighting around us and after we left.
-The way God got the attention of our busy professionals
-The way we were thrust into strangers’ lives and built such a strong bond that only could be built with God as the core.
It was so cool to witness this. I’m not sure if anyone else witnessed their miracles, but I sure got my share. I thank God for my miracles and I thank those of you who prayed so diligently. Knowing we were under His protection, allowed me to enjoy the trip in a totally different way.
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