learning to surrender my plans

WOW!!! What a day! We woke up with a plan, but God again had a different plan. I stand in awe at how much God’s infinite wisdom and sovereignty is also his divine protection for us. He begins a work in us, and that work requires faith. Faith that obeys without seeing the entire picture.
Just yesterday I was sharing with a staff member how often we get one step at a time because if God showed us the entire plan we would say “no thanks” because it’s too much for us to handle. That’s his divine protection.
But his infinite wisdom leads us one step at a time and once we say yes there is no turning back. We must now move on, in faith, trusting His plan.
I just shared my heart with you for medical care for our families. “Our” plan was to finish paying school fees and see if something was left to see if we could get some kids evaluated. My thought was a few months into the future.
Well… we learned by 8:30 a mama and the kids were again too sick for school or work. We made the decision to take them to a new hospital that has unbelievable rates (truly a God ordained hospital).
Once we got there, with five sick ones in tow, I was overwhelmed by the quick reality of what my heart’s desire to provide for medical was going to look like. I’m thinking complete blood work, treatment, everyone gets better. But that’s not how things go here. Years of untreated illness is not cured by a round of medicine.
As we left, 7 hours after leaving home, I was overwhelmed by God’s mercy of not showing us the plan before we went. We cannot turn back from what he has called us to. We can only go forward.
I’m learning so much how to surrender my plans to the Lord, not freak out when I realize how big the problem is and how little my ability is to handle it. I’m learning only he can solve these big problems and it will all be ok. He will meet every need we have according to his glorious riches and not my anxious heart.
We left with every person having H. Pylori, one with Bilharzia, one with problems with the ears, one needing a cancer screening and several with other lesser conditions. WOW!!! But, our great God provided the funding thru one of you, and we came back with $.33.
I’m so thankful for my family coordinator who makes sure we get to where we need to be. I could never get to these remote places, and medical problems are not 9-5.
I know we don’t have to worry about tomorrow. Today has enough trouble of its own. Tomorrow God will show us his plan and we will walk thru the day trusting that he will again work it all out.
Please pray for wisdom as we move forward in this new direction he is taking us. Pray for bodies to be healed and strengthened, proper diagnoses of each person, healing in their bodies and strength and wisdom for staff.
When children are so sick and hungry all the time they cannot focus on learning. I believe God is going to restore health and improve the lives of these families spiritually, physically, emotionally and educationally.
Every child should have a chance to learn, free from continual sickness and hunger.
Oh how thankful I am God for your divine protection in leading us only one step at a time so we can handle it. Thank you for caring for each one of us individually and for making a way. Thank you for helping us to trust you more and more each day. You are an amazing God.
They are spending the night, or nights, so I can help mama who is sick. We will make a plan to make sure all meds are sorted out and schedules for each the next two weeks of meds.