Experiencing God Here and Elsewhere

As I write this blog, Rachel and I are getting ready to leave for New York this Sunday and we are super pumped about getting to experience God through our vacation and mission trip. I have been working toward preparing myself to be ready spiritually for this trip. This trip is huge for many reasons. Firstly, this is our first mission trip as a married couple, we have been married four years. Also, we are taking Evelynn with us. My prayer is that she will learn the importance of sharing Christ with others and learn about Christian community as we meet with the Longview Heights youth. Our first week will be spent with friends as we catch up with some great people. The other goal is to have an Evee focused week in which Rachel and I will be reading Tedd Tripp's Shepherding a Child's Heart. I have heard awesome things about this book and look forward to some great family worship together. I have in my devotional times been going through Experiencing God Day by Day by Henry Blackaby. This devotional started being one we did at my job starting my shift, but now has become a daily early morning discipline for me. God has been using this book to really deal with me so that I may experience Him in a deeper way. I have been dealing with strongholds that this book has really brought out not to mention things like trusting God in all circumstances, which I have a hard time doing. I am praying through some things now that I hope will come together soon as I seek God's will and more importantly, His face. Blackaby says that experiencing Him is simply meeting Him where He is working. I want to experience God and not be complacent anymore. More blogs will come, especially while in NY.