STEP by STEP ~ Romania and beyond . . .: March 2008

It was great to get together for our first OFFICIAL team meeting yesterday! I'm very excited to see all the returning faces, new faces and the variety of faces! I went on YouTube to look up some Romania videos and found the girls! I found some clips that the Tulsa team had taken and it was so great to see the girls singing and having fun. Daria has a beautiful voice and Gabi ... I can't wait to see her. She stole my heart when I was there and can't wait until I get to give her the biggest hug ever!

Something that has just been tugging at my heart lately is ... our hands. God has been showing me alot of "hands" lately. I saw a beautiful painting of a beautiful hand on Easter Sunday and it brought me back to some great memories of that hand. "You remember to ALWAYS love Jesus and remember that I love you very much, I really do". Knowing that that hand was connected to a heart that lived for Jesus and had a passion for missions makes me all the more convinced that God has great plans for my hands in Romania (and probably someplace African, yikes!). But wherever He takes me ... I will go. When Satin tries to hold me back and discourage me ... I will remember ...

They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed."

But I prayed, "Now strengthen my hands." Nehemiah 6:9

Here's a few songs & verses that have been on my heart lately ...

I will praise you as long as I live,

and in your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63:4

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"Hands" by Jewel

My hands are small, I know

But they're not yours, they are my own

In the end only kindness matters

I will get down on my knees, and I will pray

We are God's eyes