The journey begins, it feels like a time of spiritual transition as we approach Friday departure. As I go on a mission trip it is a time when my spirit changes a bit. I mean that I somehow detach from the things that concern me on a day to day basis and my spirit looks ahead to the mission at hand. May God use me for peace, love, and charity. May I bring good cheer and a happy disposition. May God be glorified and pleased. May God grant James peace as I depart.
God is my ever present comfort in times of trouble. Pray for my shoulder, I broke it. I won't give too many details only to say I fainted in the night and I'm OK now but I clipped my shoulder on the bathroom vanity corner and broke it. This is my first broken bone in my life. It's very inconvenient to brake your bones, especially when you are going away. But I have been comforted in the knowledge that God uses us even when we are weak. It's not my ability just my availability. GOD IS A GOD OF COMFORT. Send me all the scriptures that concern God's comfort.