(After 6 months of conversing and not meeting face to face, we had the blessing to spend 3 weeks together in the midst of my Hungarian family and friends... )
To return to my original thought, Murray uttered these words in the context of a sermon he had heard at Good Shepherd which had been his church for 5 years or so.
The powerful message of these words made my future husband decide to quit being a bench warmer and actually do something to be part of God's work. This is how he went to Africa, to Mexico and finally to Romania.
We both stepped out in faith when we got married in Romania in December 2008.
We have seen God at work ever since in ways I never imagined it possible.
When Murray returned to US with me in 2009, we left all the security of our new life behind in Marosvásárhely. We were not sure how God was going to work things out for the birth of our son and for our life.
Family and friends were praying for us... My sister-in-law said goodbye with the encouragement of Israel's story when they came out of Egypt and crossed the Red sea without being harmed, having been received this word of God specifically for our move to US in October 2009.
The long journey in itself (25 hours or so) was presented as a trial. ... My concerned aunt who was also praying for us had a dream that angels were surrounding us during our trip, and exactly that was happening by God's grace!
Our faithful and loving family and friends from Good Shepherd and AA were used by God to help us settle down in Gresham and have our baby in the best circumstances possible in November 2009.
17 months have passed and looking back we see God's hand everywhere.
In November 2010 Kaleb and me went to Romania for a short visit. It was a miracle and a huge gift to be able to do so! We were blessed to reunite with my family again and let my parents be blessed by allowing them to see and love their youngest and 5th grandchild.
We would like to thank God, both our family and friends for blessing us in so many different ways and for giving us their friendship!
NOW, March 2011, we see a vision to follow again. We believe God has been gently guiding us towards a drastic change in our lives, which requires sacrifices but will also provide us with the necessary tools for reaching the goals we set before us as a family. We would like to move to Alaska possibly in May.
The first practical steps we took for this end were provided by God's special providence: we bought a trailer and a bigger pick up truck.
Right now we are building up funds for our travel through Canada to Alaska and for our relocation there.
In the meantime our desire is to be connected to our family and friends here, using the time at our disposal wisely.
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