Yesterday we made the adventurous journey from Michigan to Chicago. Our eight week sabbatical begins with a stay with the Community of The Holy Trinity, an intentional community living in a Lutheran parsonage lovingly called the 'Nidge. Packing for several weeks is an exercise in the discipline of simplicity. We packed sparingly but we were still cramped. Before leaving Michigan we bought groceries to bring with us, so that everyone besides the driver (*me) was buried in.
We are trusting God as we embark on this adventure. We trust God will provide our every need and meet the needs of our congregation as we are gone as well. We have no money. Yet we trust God to make a way. It will be exciting to see how God provides.
As we prayed and prepared to leave during the first week of our sabbatical, Elaine felt that we needed to trust God for $5000! That is crazy. (God is crazy.) We feel sure God directed us to take this sabbatical and believe that God will provide for it. Not only that, but as Elaine was praying she felt God didn't want us to worry about money and that having $5000 would make that possible. We shall see how God works it out. We have been blessed with a few hundred so far.
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