Tender Mercies

     So, I guess this is as good a time as ever, but Alan and I are preparing to serve another mission.  We have been asked to serve at the Heber Valley Camp.  It is a Camp for the Young Women of the Church and Young Adult Groups, Family Reunions, Fathers and Sons outings, Etc.
      It is a Service Mission, completely different from our Mission to Micronesia.  We wanted to go on an other international mission to another developing Nation, but my Doctors have said that I need to stay in Utah for the next 3 to 4 years, until they are sure the cancer is not going to come back. So here we are.
       We will start our mission in Mid- April, we will serve up at the Camp from April - October, then come home for the winter ( unless they call us to serve during the winter also), and report back the next April ( 2017) for that summer also.
         I have been really nervous about doing this mission.  I am NOT a camper, I don't like to get dirty, I am not a hiker, everything about it is not me.  But it is SO Alan and when we have gone up to the Camp for orientations, I have felt the spirit so strongly bear witness to me that this is what we are suppose to do right now.  I guess the Lord is telling me it is time to really dig in and get my hands dirty. I am scared to go.  I don't want to be useless, I want to serve the Lord, so I have new things to learn and another opportunity to get WAY out of my comfort Zone. I guess if I could not only survive 2 years in Micronesia, but absolutely LOVE those 2 years, I will learn new things with this mission and love it also.
         Well, yesterday we received our paperwork for the Camp, and I got nervous again, but then Alan had a great Idea. He said lets look on the computer and see if we can find out if any of the Sr. couples that have been serving there have kept a blog. We looked and found several, and as I read them and looked at the pictures, I felt peace. I felt like " O.K. I can do this"  I know the Lord will help me.
        I am so grateful that the Lord loved me enough to give my husband the inspiration to look up blogs on former missionaries that had served there. He loves me enough to know that I have been scared and He found a way to help me see that I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
       I am still a little nervous, but I have a kind of peace I have not had, I know I can do this and I know HE will be right beside me to help me do HIS work.
      When we get ready to leave I will start another mission blog, it will be called " Livin the Missionary Life #2,  Heber Valley Camp.  Watch for it and come join as we go to serve the Lord on another mission.