A few weeks after I wrote the entry above concerning the current ministry situation we found ourselves in, the Lord opened a door of ministry which has been an unexpected glimpse of the past and an incredible opportunity to be involved in changing the future of a Bible school, a church and a nation. Our mission leaders asked us to consider returning to the country of my childhood and though more prestigious positions were offered to us, we felt that this was where God wanted us.

So after being elsewhere for several decades, I find myself in a country where I grew up in as an MK (missionary kid). It is the place of my idyllic childhood. It is a place where my pioneer missionary parents worked tirelessly until my mother’s premature death. I am once again speaking the language and walking the familiar streets. The Sunday school children have grown up, married and are still serving the Lord. The young pastors are now old but still serving faithfully. Each day, I hear about another friend from the past and rejoice in what God has done during the many years that I was far away! Oh, how glad I am to be back!

It is hard to express how I feel being here after being there. How I feel being wanted, loved and accepted for myself after being pushed aside, disliked and rejected. I still have this assurance, “You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”

I am praying that I will be open and listening to what God has planned for me and my family here. I know He has brought me back for a special purpose and that many will be saved. Will you pray for me too?