2 Corinthians 5:17

So I moved and I am living in Edmonton now. So far so good. 

The trip out here was long... I was so exhausted by the time I got in, mostly because I cannot sleep on planes - my knees end up touching the person next to me, it's too cold, then it's too hot, I'm hungry with no money... it's just not a good experience for me. I think I finally got to bed around 5am.

I know that God wants me here. It is so obvious in the opportunities He is presenting to me to live out the  Gospel of Christ, to be a light among darkness. Because I am certain of the divine appointment for me to be here, I am trusting in my Father to provide me with a job. I thought that I would be set up as far as employment and schooling out here, but, to make a long story short, the connections and bridges I had with that school and that office have been burned. I'm wondering if that was just a plan of my own flesh and understanding all along. 

So, now I'm looking for a job. And looking at other plans for education. Perhaps finishing my BTh.?

I'm living with my Auntie Ida and my cousin Jason, but spending lots and lots of time with my dad and his partner, and other cousins, aunties and uncles as much as I can. I am absolutely loving getting to know my family here. Having the opportunity to have these people in my life is such a blessing that I am so thankful for. I know that I need to be on my knees in prayer for them more often than I am. One thing that is true of my family is there is so much heartbreak here... so much that I wish I could take upon myself. What I didn't expect was to love these people who have recently become so involved in my life as much as I do - I didn't expect to feel this connected.

God has also blessed me with new friends, people who are passionately in love with Jesus (thanks Beth!). As much as I want to be a vessel of God's love in the darkness here, I know that if I am going to be successful in pouring into lives, I need to be putting in to myself, replenishing my heart. Living in community with believers is so important for me. I am so excited to get involved in a new church here, to get plugged in to a community here. Ministry, especially inner city ministry, is where my heart is. For me, to be fed spiritually means to be pouring into lives.

I feel so alive. I don't know if that's just the high of being in a new place, or the feel of real change, or the excitement and refreshment of knowing this is a new beginning. The Lord is truly transforming me. Please pray for this transformation to deepen and to continue. 

And please keep my family in your prayers. I want them to know Jesus... I want them to also be changed, to be made new in the blood of the Lamb.