Lord willing...


"So do you know yet whether you will be in a Switzerland another year?" That seems to be the question we hear from friends here, in the states and abroad. Friends here hope we get to stay another year (at least that's what they say!) , friends at home hope we come home (unless they haven't been over to visit, then they are hoping we'll be here another year!) It's a question we would like to know the answer to as well. At this point the paperwork has begun for us to stay an additional year, but given how it went last time, it's not done until the paperwork is all signed.

The next question is usually, "How do you feel about that?" If we were to list feelings we could probably list an equal number for staying and for going back to the states. The idea of only a few more months to hike in the mountains and hills of Switzerland is sad! So if we are moving away, I do hope that we can return, regularly to hike. But what we truly want is that we will be living where the Lord wills. There are always positives and negatives about living in Switzerland, Prague, Dubai or Apex for that matter. But we don't want to live anywhere where the Lord doesn't will.

The third question that we hear most often is "Isn't that frustrating?" Yes, it can be, especially when you're trying to plan future things and you're not sure where you will be living. But, we serve the God of the universe. The creator of heaven and earth, the author and finisher of our faith, the One who has ordered our steps, the One who has us written on the palm of His hands. How can we do anything but trust His next step for us?

We all like to plan our next step don't we? Tomorrow we'll go here and go there, we'll do this and do that. I remember as a child hearing "old people" say "Lord willing, I'll do such and such." Sounded strange to me as a child. Now that I'm older (note to Joel and Steven, I didn't say old, just older) I am beginning to understand. We can plan tomorrow, but none of us know what tomorrow will bring. How very grateful I am that I can trust the One who loved me before the foundations of the earth and chose to give His son that I may be reconciled to Him.

So, Lord willing, tomorrow you'll find me hiking the trail from Riedt to Regensberg then onto the soccer ball and back home.

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