Brandon began his Journey to Imphal yesterday afternoon. We're talking now and he's in the airport in Kolkata. It all seem so surreal because a few months ago this was a freshly planted seed in our hearts... Now, it's growing faster than we can keep up with.
We've filled out paperwork for passports, applied for Visa's, fundraised and prayed non-stop and the efforts have manifested beautifully. God is amazing.
A few months ago our lives were on a dead end track... We were fine. Financially stable, but failing in almost every other way. Our marriage was incredibly turbulent, Brandon's job incredibly stressful, the heart ache of two kids that aren't home was insurmountable, I was experiencing PPD. I felt like we were losing. It took us much too long to get out of our own way and then finally God spoke. In a less than subtle way he was telling us it's time to go... We've lived so long within accepted constraints, walls we built around our lives and decided we'd stay inside of. Safety, we thought. Really it was unhappiness that we became comfortable living in.
Things began to change incredibly slowly, gently, peacefully... then all at once God opened doors and windows in my heart and sunshine poured in and warmed places where there had only been cold, hard pain. Still today and even now as I write this I feel Him moving in my heart and manifesting in my life.
My prayer is that whatever God has for my life, for our lives will always take priority over all of the noise. That I would hear his voice clearly and trust Him fully. That He would make me effective... That my children will feel the fullness of His care through my care of them. That Brandon finds repair, redemption and unfailing love in our marriage...
The changes that have occurred in our lives would probably be unbelievable if we began to share each detail, and I suppose that's the beauty and the mystery in it all. We are overjoyed to be moving our lives in the right direction, overjoyed that Brandon has made the long journey to Imphal and to Happiness Home where he can get back to the work of his heart...
XOXO
Miranda
We've filled out paperwork for passports, applied for Visa's, fundraised and prayed non-stop and the efforts have manifested beautifully. God is amazing.
A few months ago our lives were on a dead end track... We were fine. Financially stable, but failing in almost every other way. Our marriage was incredibly turbulent, Brandon's job incredibly stressful, the heart ache of two kids that aren't home was insurmountable, I was experiencing PPD. I felt like we were losing. It took us much too long to get out of our own way and then finally God spoke. In a less than subtle way he was telling us it's time to go... We've lived so long within accepted constraints, walls we built around our lives and decided we'd stay inside of. Safety, we thought. Really it was unhappiness that we became comfortable living in.
Things began to change incredibly slowly, gently, peacefully... then all at once God opened doors and windows in my heart and sunshine poured in and warmed places where there had only been cold, hard pain. Still today and even now as I write this I feel Him moving in my heart and manifesting in my life.
My prayer is that whatever God has for my life, for our lives will always take priority over all of the noise. That I would hear his voice clearly and trust Him fully. That He would make me effective... That my children will feel the fullness of His care through my care of them. That Brandon finds repair, redemption and unfailing love in our marriage...
The changes that have occurred in our lives would probably be unbelievable if we began to share each detail, and I suppose that's the beauty and the mystery in it all. We are overjoyed to be moving our lives in the right direction, overjoyed that Brandon has made the long journey to Imphal and to Happiness Home where he can get back to the work of his heart...
XOXO
Miranda
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