My sister's birthday was last Sunday.....I called her, but I wanted to do more.....since she is the most faithful reader of this blog, I will pay tribute to Laura Jean, who is also one of my bestest friends!
She is someone I can tell anything to, someone whom I laugh with regularly, and talk to so often even though miles separate us......I can see her just a few times per year and feel like no time has passed.....she gets me, she knows me, and she loves me anyway.....She is quite different from me, but that just makes the relationship stronger as we learn how to embrace one another despite them.....
She loves the Lord and it has been a blessing to be sisters in flesh and sisters in spirit......She is leaving for Ethiopia on Friday 8/8/08 (same day as the Olympics start!) and I am so excited for her trip......This is her second mission trip there, and I would ask anyone who reads this to please join me in lifting her up and covering her with prayer.....she will be there for 10 days!
I pray that her experiences would be different than the last trip, that they would challenge and change her and draw her even closer to her Saviour....I pray that the light of Christ in her would affect and radiate onto others and that she would make the most of every opportunity to share the gospel......I pray that God would go before the team and prepare the hearts to receive the message of the good news of Christ Jesus.......I pray for traveling mercies and safety, for an abundance of love, for a showering of peace, and for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to annoint the team of faithful and devoted laborers.....I pray that she would stand firm in fullness of Christ, suited in the armor of God.....
"Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples." Psalm 96:3
Laura - "The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." Isaiah 58:11
"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I. Send me!'"
Thank you for your obedience to Christ to "go and make disciples in all nations".....God bless you and fill you with His Presence and Spirit.....I love you Laura....Happy Belated Birthday! You are in my thoughts and prayers!
Your sister, Kristen
