What's Up?

Currently Sarah and I are living with our friends, the Berkemeier's, as we had a 70,000 pound oak tree fall on our house about a month ago. They have been so great inviting us to stay in their home and giving us a comfortable place to be while our home is being fixed. It will probably be another 3-4 months until we can move back in.

Sarah and I are both going to Nicaragua from November 22-29. We're going with our Bible Study group to work with a mission called Amigos for Christ (www.amigosforchrist.org). We've had the trip planned for about 6-7 months now and are really excited about going and loving on people and getting closer to our friends. We're also going to visit the child we sponsor through Compassion International. We started sponsoring her a couple months before our wedding in September 2005 and she's now 6 years old! We're really excited about it.

I am going to Mamelodi, South Africa again from November 13-21. Yes, I am in Cincinnati for about 18 hours between both trips. Why did I decide to do this? Because I'm crazy and and I also have crazy love for the people of Mamelodi and couldn't pass up the opportunity to go and see my friends again. Also, I convinced my Dad to come with me and I can't wait to spend the time with him and to show him why I am so in love with South Africa.

That's what I have going on.

Why am I blogging? What's the title mean?

So I decided to start a blog. Why? I'm not exactly sure. I want to be able to share my thoughts with friends and family and have a central place to keep people connected to what's going on with me. I want a place to talk about awesome things that are going on and also those days when everything seems to be turned upside down. I want to share my blessings and my faults.

I named my blog "Therefore Do Not Worry About Tomorrow" because I've found myself caught up in things lately that I have no control over. I'm trying to work on the fact that everything will work out in the end and things will be fine. God has a plan for my life and it's much better than the plan I have. It's not always my timing or my way, but from many, many experiences God does take care of me. When I have a worry or a problem I've come to realize that no matter how much I may worry or fret about it in the end it doesn't change the outcome. I got the name from Matthew 6:34, which says "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." If only I could actually believe this and live it out in my everday life. That's the challenge, to apply knowledge. There are so many things that I know, but do not put into practice. Knowledge is nothing if not put into action.

Stay tuned...........................