Wow, where has it gone. One year ago today, I boarded a plane and flew to Iowa, and moved into the basement of a dear friend to start the ministry God had called me to. I remember it like it was yesterday, all the anxiety and unknowns, the list of "how's" seemed long and daunting. I mean, what was I doing, my family was 680 miles away in a house that I still owned and even though this had the feeling of a short term mission trip at first, I knew it was not the case. My family, friends, and the life I knew was never going to be the same and to be honest it was a little bit scary.
Often life has a way of wearing us down, to the point where we fail to recognize the amazing creation that God has placed before us. One year ago today, my life was filled with far to many "how's" and not enough "wow's" and my imagination and wonder was running on fumes. But what a year it has been. The list of "wow's" has far out numbered the list of "how's" to the point that I am starting to get to the place where I look for the "wow's" in all facets of life. God places so many amazing things around us, people, creation, situations, and yet we can pass them by without ever seeing them. In the last year there has been 15 baptism's, several weddings, multiple hospital visits, tears of joy and sorrow. Our family has grown by a couple hundred people and it has only been one year. We have a new house and we have a new home but most importantly, through all of it, God has been there and I am incredibly happy to have gotten on that plane in the midst of all the "how's", so that God could once again show me the "Wow's".
