Sometimes we ask God for things that we don't necessarily need but we just really really want them,God is always listening to us, He knows our needs and wants, sometimes His answers are no and sometimes they are yes, and sometimes our petitions take a long time to be answered. As we are on the brink of our 2 year anniversary here in Mozambique I look at the things that have changed since we arrived. We packed our bags with our 3 & 4 year old children and traveled half way around the globe knowing that we would be here for a while. With this we understood that our kids would grow up here and we would need to accommodate them in areas that they cannot receive in this country, namely school. No big deal right? Lots of Moms in the US home-school. WRONG! with faulty internet and no where to buy curriculum in the country things got serious FAST! Praise God when we arrived there was a woman here that had home-schooled her children and was able to help me chose a good curriculum for Lincoln. THEY EVEN SHIP TO MOZAMBIQUE!! Lets FASTFORWARD. Here we sit with one child almost done with 1st grade, another almost finished with Kindergarten and ANOTHER who crawls around eating everything (bugs included) off the floor while I try and manage communicating "school rules" (from our kitchen table) , 9+5, why bought, through and tough don't sound the same, why cat and rat rhyme but cat and computer don't "they both start with the c-c-c sound and what animals live in the rain forest of Asia, meanwhile there is a line at our door because a child from the preschool got hit in the face with a swing and the pastor from the next district over showed up needing Eric. We are both stretched with the many ministry needs and opportunities that come our way daily, we have guarded our children's education and made it a priority, but lets face it there are a lot of things we have to do and only two of us. We all know that the Lord doesn't give us more than we can handle, so is it okay that we asked for a little help? Well, last year I (Tawnya) began to ask for help, Lord send someone to help me with my children. I don't want them to be neglected, I don't want their education to suffer. I need help so that I can minister with my husband out in the bush or at seminars, I want the kids to see God and participate in OUR lives here. With the kids being so young still we (Tawnya & the kids) rarely attend seminars with Eric, firstly what child can sit through 10 hours of 3 different languages being translated and not want to cry? This is especially difficult because in this culture they "honor" the speaker by placing them in chairs on the stage IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. Please imagine this with 3 children. Second I don't know if you've ever used a bathroom here, but my daughter can't figure out how to use the "squatty potty" without going all over her pants. So to prevent this I have to hold her up, which is impossible with Ahava in my arms. Should I continue or do you see my dilemma? I know these seem like minor things to you but it truly is hard and I just got frustrated over not being able to attend. I really want to attend, I want the kids to grow up in ministry. I just cannot make it happen alone. The problem was this WHO & MONEY. I really wanted someone to come help me with my kids. By this i'm really saying, " I really want a strong Christian woman to come help me raise my children, school my children, look after my children, be another set of eyes, live in a foreign country with 1 million percent humidity, bugs, disease, bizarre languages and PAY FOR IT ALL THEMSELVES, the air fare, the many visas, they yearly fees, food, water and leaving all they know to come help me. SERIOUSLY, who on earth would do that? For FREE? When we were home this past year I shared my hopes with my go to prayer girl because I knew it was a big prayer and I knew she'd pray. Literally THE NEXT DAY, I received a word at church, that the Lord already has someone to help me and not to worry. AWESOME.. WHO? Everyone I know who I would ever let into my family in such an intimate way is doing other stuff. Was He going to give me a stranger? When we returned back to Mozambique I received 3 separate e-mails from people who learned I was looking for help through Iris Global Web pages. This was the first time anyone had shown interest and I have had the request posted several times through out the past 2 years. EXCITING RIGHT? No, I didn't know these people, was this who God had "picked out" for us? I just wasn't settled in my heart with any of them. He comes through in His time..I woke up one morning to a text from a friend that attended Harvest School with us in 2013, she had plans to take part in The World Race- through Adventures in Missions and was set to leave in October. She had asked briefly the details about our need for help. A couple days later she video called me and let me know that she no longer was doing The World Race because she felt that God was wanting her to come help us. WHAT.... WAIT, WHAT!!!?! THATS RIGHT FOLKS, this AMAZING, GOD LOVING, WOMAN is coming here, Mozambique to help care for your "WEAVER BABIES". GOD IS SO GOOD |
| Kristen will be coming in October, as mentioned above she is completely funding herself, please if you feel the urge to support her it would be so greatly appreciated, Lincoln, Haley and Ahava will be blessed tremendously by her presence here. You can find more info about her on her website, KRISTEN WEST MISSIONS If you have any questions about her funding or how you can help please message me or her. As always please keep her in your prayers, transitioning into long term missionary work can be an overwhelming experience, and please continue to pray for provision, it is a large expense to cover as a single girl. Bless you all, Thank you for your prayers, sometimes you pray of Gods provision over us and right now this is a huge answer to my prayers. Love you, Tawnya |
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