Transition Time

Well, I'm back home in sunny OHIO...wait, did I say sunny? I ment FREEZING COLD and SNOWY OHIO. ha! I guess I was dreaming I was back in Australia.

I really wanted to take this time to let everyone know what I've been up to this last month. I arrived back home on November 6th and boy was it good to see my family! It has been such a blessing to have them be so supportive during my travels and mission with YWAM. They have trusted God enough to place me in his hands. To allow me to listen to his voice and step out in obedience to be used by Him. THANK YOU FAMILY!

I was able to enjoy Thanksgiving with everyone too! That's one of my most favorite holidays.

Since I've been home I have been getting reaquainted with my friends and family and church . It's been a struggle, I have to admit. I dont have a car, I am living at home with my parents still, I am praying about when I should go back to school etc. I am still looking for a job, although I'm 99% sure that I got the job working back at Kohls Department store in Aurora. :)

I plan on going back to College in the near future and am still praying for peace and direction. I am learning that God is still the same God here in Ohio as he is in Australia and that I can continue to put my TRUST in HIM ALONE!

TO MY SUPPORTERS:
Thank you to everyone who has been so faithful in supporting me this past year. I appreciate your prayers and your financial support. Nothing could have been possible without your true obedient hearts to the Lord. As of now I do not need your monthly support. thank you again.


Some of you may know a musician named "Ginny Owens". She's one of my favorite artists and lyricists. She sings this song called "I AM" and these lyrics have been helping me through such hard times when I have no idea what the lord is going to do next. How he's gonna use me and what's around the corner.
please read them very carefully and believe with me that the Creator of our lives, the God of the universe, cares. He knows our situation and he asks us not to look at each problem as a limitation, but as a stepping stone to where he wants to lead us, how he wants to use us...only to reveal WHO GOD IS..and to show the world that God is: I AM!

Here are the words:

No Lord, he said, you've got the wrong guy.
Simple conversation gets me tongue-tied.
And you're telling me to speak with a maniac king.
Could it be I've lost my mind?
And besides, I am weak, don't you want someone strong,
To lead them out of Egypt when they've been there so long?
And anyway, they wont believe You ever spoke to me.
That's not your problem, God replied.
And the rest is history.

There's a bigger picture you can't see.
You don't have to change the world, just trust in me.
'Cause I am your creator, I am working out my plan,
And through you I will show them, I Am.

Now Lord, are you sure? He's just a shepherd boy,
Too small for battle gear with a giant to destroy.
What on earth can he do with five stones and a sling?
That's not your problem, God replied.
'Cause I can do anything.

There's a bigger picture you can't see.
You don't have to change the world, just trust in me.
'Cause I am your creator, I am working out my plan,
And through you, I will show them,
I Am the first, I Am the last,
I Am the present and the past,
I Am tomorrow and today,
I Am the only way.

Great Lord, she said, I'm just a simple girl.
You say that I will bring your son into the world.
How can I understand this thing You're gonna do?
That's not your problem, God replied.

'Cause, there's a bigger picture,
And you don't have to change the world.
I'm your creator, I am working out my plan.
And through you, I will show them,
There's a bigger picture, you can't see.
You don't have to change the world, just trust in me.
I'm your creator, I am working out my plan,
And through you, I will show them, I Am.

I hope and pray that you all have a wonderful Christmas. I look forward to catching up with everyone in the near future. I'll be in Ohio for awhile, untilt he Lord leads else where.

miss you all so much!

in His Grip,
Kristin