. . . a glimpse into my heart.

We've been home for over a week. Thailand seems so distant a memory now and I feel like its almost just a dream that I will carry with me in my heart but not something that I truly experienced. I loved Thailand. I felt at home there right away. This isn't something I have experienced in every foreign country I have visited. It's a hard thing to explain. I didn't feel this way in Ethiopia which seems weird since it was my sons homeland and culture. I loved Ethiopia and would love going back someday but it wasn't home. But Thailand was different. Dave and I both felt it. I actually felt so comfortable that I found myself forgetting that I was the foreigner and looked very different from the locals. I feel strongly God will take us back someday and I can't wait. My heart leaps within me as I think about it! We met two women who are with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Thailand. One is originally from Washington state but has been a missionary in Thailan...

Yesterday was our annual Missions Conference at church. It always stirs something inside of me. God knocks me off my feet every time the Wards visit from Thailand and every Missions Conference. It never fails. In 2000 I went to Costa Rica and in 2002 went to Mexico. In 2010 I went to Ethiopia to meet my new son. In all these places God touched my heart in a real and powerful way. Since Costa Rica 10 years ago I have had a passion for missions and still feel a tug. Someday, I believe God might ask Dave and I to partake in missions in a much larger way then we do now (financially supporting missions) but for now this is it. However, God put something in my heart yesterday and I couldn't ignore it. I came home from church and told Dave that I felt God calling me to go on a short term mission trip. I don't know where or when but I must go. Dave's fully supportive and wants to make it happen. I'm looking at next summer and I am thinking about Chile. I really would love to g...