Preparations

Today has been pretty significant in making the essential preparations for a trip I leave on in less than two months now.  Today was the second day in a row in which Barry and I prayed together for every aspect of this trip.  We are both excited to see how God through this exercise shows Himself to us as a couple .  Not only are we praying, but through a friend, we were encouraged to each get friends who would commit to pray 5 days a week.  So far, three DEAR friends have said to me things like "it'd be an honor to pray for you."  You can only imagine how touched I am by words like that.

The President of ABCU also emailed me today with the NAMES of "my students".  Oh, to be prepared by having had the privilege of praying for them BY NAME before I even smile into their faces is thrilling too. So, this is another SIGNIFICANT event of today.

Other than that, finding time right now to prepare the details of these two courses is challenging beyond words.  God knows this;  Psalm 108:12-13 says  "Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man;  with God we shall do valiantly; It is he who will tread down our foes."   I'm seeing that my foes are often anxiety and doubt.  These are the foes I'm praying against right now.