The Calendar Speaks.

My mother being the amazing gift giver that she is has sent a couple calendars. One has a different Psalm each month and the other is a Motivational Calendar. The one I’m telling you about is the Motivational one. We were reading through and this is what the relations between months and motivations are:
January-Perseverance
February- Journey
March- Growth
April- Believe
May-Success
June-Courage

These might not seem that special to you but when we read through I just thought, ‘Holy Crap, I’m buckling my seat belt folks’. I believe it fairly prophetic for our time in Africa. By prophetic I mean- God speaking to us through words of encouragement.
For instance January was ‘Perseverance’ and the correlating quote was, ‘What lies behind us and what lies before us are small compared to what lies within us.’- Ralph Waldo Emerson
January being our 3rd month and persevering through saying good bye to our last fellow teammate before it just being the three of us, then finishing the mural of the baby room, and lastly preparing to move into our house.

February is ‘Journey’- ‘The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.’ - Don Williams, Jr.  With February being about half way finished. I am feeling the journey, cheesy I know...that one’s for Ms. Lofgren! I believe God had us move into this house and adjust to living a couple miles out of town, on our own, and depending on others for transportation, etc. to distract us from feeling the half way point. Since February is halfway it is getting harder to be away from home, friends, and family, and I know God is working more in my heart this month than any other. So it is definitely a month of ‘Journey’. I will continue to let you know how the next months go! Be encouraged in your Journey this month