Church Hopper is Done Hopping!!

I've done it!!  I have found my home church and couldn't be more excited about it.  Drum roll please...my new home church is: Pine Hills Church (PHC)!! :) I think I've known all along that PHC is where I wanted to end up, but with them moving farther away from my house I fought it.  Last weekend I went to their new location, set my mileage and timed the drive to my house.  It was 11.3 miles and only took me 16 minutes.  By the way, the new church building is gorgeous.  I can't wait to have service there.  I'll be attending a class next weekend at PHC to learn more about the church and get connected with others that may be new. I'm hoping to also get set up with a small group at that time. I can't begin to explain to all of you just how excited I am to be on the spiritual path that I am on. When it comes to my faith, I won't be dragging my feet anymore. I'm ready for what God has in store for me.

I'm going to skip telling you about church and Pastor Mikes message this morning because I have something I am dying to share with everyone, and when I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE!!  Have you ever felt a calling, a pull or just a nudge to do something? This past spring I first felt that I was being pulled to look for a new home church. If you remember from my first blog, I was very nervous to do this, but I put on my big girl panties, threw up my hands and said, "Alright God, let's do this." With His help I found the courage I needed to face my fears.  I mentioned several times before, that I was church hopping all by myself.  Silly me...I was never alone.  God was right there with me each and every time.  I've also had another tug.  I remember talking with a friend this past summer about my church hops.  I mentioned to him that with each church I had visited recently I kept hearing talk of mission work.  Jokingly, his reply was, "Are you going to become a missionary now?"  I wasn't sure how to respond to that question, so I didn't, but yeah, I was starting to feel a pull in that direction. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned to another friend that when my daughter was out of school I may look into doing mission work.  He just happened to have information about Pine Hills and a mission trip that they had coming up.  Huh, imagine that!!  God works in mysterious ways.  I looked at the information and saw that the following Sunday they were going to be having a meeting for anyone that would be interested in the trip to attend.  Ahh man, I wanted to go to that meeting, but I didn't know if I would have the courage to go.  I thought about if for a couple of days.  I told him and I told my mom to pray for me to find the courage to stay after church and attend that meeting.  Well that was last Sunday and I did find that courage!  I went to the meeting, filled out the application, turned it back in and today after service I found out my application was accepted.  So folks, I AM going to India!!  I cried the whole way home from church.  I called my mom crying and had to tell her right away that I was crying happy tears so she wouldn't worry before I could get the words out to tell her why I was crying. We, the Mission Team (wow, I'm on a mission team!) already had our first meeting today. The trip is in November, for 2 weeks, to an orphanage for girls called, Home of Love. We will have the pleasure of helping the girls learn English, arts and crafts, Bible lessons, games, etc.  I'm not sure any of you could possibly imagine just how excited I am. So now I have so much to do.  I'm going to start by writing a support letter to mail out to several friends and family asking for either financial and/or prayer support for the trip. So don't be surprised if you get a letter from me. I have a feeling I'll be losing a lot of sleep between now and the time of the trip. So if you start praying for me now,  please pray for sleep.  :)

Oh my, I have to get started on my letter!!  I may be done hopping but you're still going to hear from me.  I have a feeling I'm going to have so much more to talk about.  God is so good!!

Till next time...Be great...Be YOUtiful...Have a superb week !!

Isaiah 6:8 “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.”


1 Chronicles 16:24 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!