Would I Do Anything??

The Lord was preparing me for something about a month ago and I didn't even know it.

  I was running and just spending some time praying and it came to my mind...

"Would I do anything the Lord asked of me?" 

 Whenever I get that question I instantly throw Charlie under the bus.

  I say, 

 "Yes, Lord...Charlie will do anything, and we are one, so technically, yes".  lol

  And I go on to say, "I will support and pray and help Charlie do whatever you throw our way." 

 So I finished by knowing I had every good reason to not do anything out of the ordinary. 

 Of course I went through the list of why I'm not a good one to call on.

  I went through the list of things I can't do,

 I emphasized ALL my weaknesses, and there are many, 

 and then I went through the list of  my kids, and there are many,

 and then the list of  things I'm responsible for, and there are many,

 and felt like I let myself off the hook for everything outside of my

 safe and comfortable home and routine.

About 3 weeks after that little talk with the Lord, it came up that someone would need to go to Uganda and take our newest missionary there to serve in Redeemer House.

  I instantly did my usual default and threw Charlie right under that bus...I said, "It's only logical...he is going at the end of December...we can just change his ticket."

  All the while I knew...I knew and remembered the conversation me and the Lord had just recently had.  

As it turned out Charlie crawled out from under the bus that I threw him under and  he explained to me that he is unable to change his schedule.  

Several of us committed to pray for the Lord to send the right person....again,

 all the while...knowing it was me.  

I woke up in the night one night and was wrestling through the whole thing and I said,

 "OK, Lord I will go, but I just ask one thing...the kids need to go on and not miss a beat...because I know and you know Lord, we are all still bonding and adjusting to having a new big wonderful treasure in our family (our newest child), 

and he does 

 NOT

 need to have any crazy changes....not even for a week or a day". 

As the Lord would have it....Lashae and Maubry and maybe one other sweet niece get to come and be better than just me for a week!!

 I have to thank the Lord for going above and beyond anything I could have requested and also I need to thank Lashae and Miss Maubry for being willing servants to come and without a hint of hesitation and I thank my wonderful Son-in-Law for "sending" his wife without hesitation. 

GOD IS SUPER SUPER GOOD!!!!

I will post more about the details later...I haven't even had a chance to fill my family in.  :)