Homeward Bound

Well my friends, this has been the craziest month of my life, if not the craziest 5 months! God has done some really amazing things as well as some really tough things, but in it all, from a prison cell to the top of the Swiss Alps, he has been nothing but faithful and true, kind and generous, rich in mercy, and abounding in steadfast love.

At first I had no idea why God would bring me here to Switzerland and why he would block my way back to London. Now things are a lot clearer...

The main reason Jesus brought me here is the same reason he started me on this whole adventure: to know him. He has taught me so much and taken me deeper into his heart! This has been the theme of this whole trip and I have been shown this is not just a theme of one trip, this is the very reason I am, and we are, alive. To know him. (See previous blogs for expounding on this)

Secondly, he brought me here to just simply bless me! What a God we serve! It has been a life long dream of mine to go to Switzerland and see the Swiss Alps, Jesus fulfilled that desire of mine! Amazing! (a few pictures below, the rest on facebook.) He also has provided food, housing, and finances for travel and for giving away to bless others the entire time i have been here. Let me just testify a bit to this:
Tonight I was just given 530 Swiss-francs at a prayer meeting which brings it to a total of over 1500 Swiss-francs in the last 4 weeks that people have just handed me and told me God told them to give it! Jesus is so wildly generous and as we step out in faith to become more like him, he gives us even more for our basic needs (and some not basic i.e trips to the mountains) and more to give away!! There have been two times in the last four weeks that Jesus told me to give a certain amount away, which would bring me to nothing or next to nothing and then a few days later I got the exact amount back on one occasion and on the other the next day I got 4x as much back! Would you just look at our God!!! I LOVE THE KINGDOM OF GOD!!! His economy is one of my favorite parts!!! In the 5 months have been in Europe I have not had one day of lack even though I came with only enough for 3 weeks!! What faithfulness!! Daily my mind is blown and i ask, "Why would you do this for ME?" The answer, He loved us first. Before we had any inclination to love him or obey him. He is just a wild Lover of our soul!

Thirdly, he brought me to Switzerland to point me back home to Holland,MI!!! As I was staying with my friends at the YWAM base they told me that God was laying some stuff on their hearts for possible future ministry in Holland that they might sow in to, and as they spoke my heart just burned! I later was praying about it and the Lord showed me that I was to go back to Holland so I could 1) know him more and 2) pour out what he has poured in! There is even more than that, but those are two things I am sure of for now. So this Monday I will be flying into Chicago around 3pm!!! What an adventure! What a faithful God! This ends the blogs about my first Euro-Adventure, but I shall continue to blog out the things the Lord does in my heart and in my life. Thanks so much for reading...Bless you!

 The pictures of my mountain dream come true :)