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Thoughts to Ponder...




The last few days have been interesting to say the least. It all started Thursday night, with a mission team coming in from Brownsville, TN. There are about 15 altogether and so far, they have been a huge HELP! I'm getting ahead of myself.
First off, the beginning of the week Kraig and Michael got to weed-eat the theater parking lot for the carnival next week! It looks a lot better. We also got the flyers, over 2200, printed and folded, and we got the banners ready for the parade. So, once the group got here on Thursday, the plan was to paint the Balos' house. Well, it won't stop raining. Right now, we have about half the house scraped and half of it painted. It looks good. It's 2-tone. We are thinking of leaving it. 4th of July is big here, since it is a military town, so Wasilla does a big parade through town. Since it is on Sunday this year, we have moved our church service up an hour so we could go participate in the parade. We are going to decorate the van real nice, pass out candy and flyers about the carnival and backyard bible club, and carry our banners for the 40 Day of Purpose and the church banner. It should be a huge succes if the rain stays away. Right now, it doesn't look promising. But God is good and knows we need some clear weather or at least rain free weather the next few days. So, please pray for that. We would like to get the rest of the house painted and we are doing a carnival and backyard bible club all next week so we need some rain-free days. We also went door to door and passed out some of the other flyers I made and the first picture is some of the wildlife we saw along the way. :)
Now, on a personal side...some things I have learned over the past few days. I have always acknowledged and tried to live by the fact that "everywhere is a mission field." I truly believe that. But in the last couple of days...I have pondered the thought of why I find it so hard to be at home with "my mission field." I still don't have the answer. I have a lot of theories but we'll save that for another night. I am still praying through them myself. But tonight I read 2 Corinthians 5:9 which says, "So, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please Him." That is so fitting for me right now. I so very much want to please our Savior and praise Him in all things but again, I get home and get in the swing of things and "forget." Sad, I know but as we are gearing up to go home in the next couple of weeks, I want to go home and please Him and not become stagnant in my daily life but look for opportunities. It has been easy here in AK b/c we are surrounded by things to do and "further the Kingdom" but that's not the case at home...so I think. I am so dumb sometimes...I always have opportunities at home to share His love but I don't. But I want too. So, I am going to start praying now that I will be able too and be able too please Him where ever I go...b/c it is "by God's mercy we have this ministry, and do not lose heart." (2 Corinthians 4:1) I praise Him for this opportunity, Kraig and I have learned so much about Him, about each other and even how adaptable we are...which sounds weird but in all honesty, it has become a very good thing. I am so thankful for that.
Please continue to pray for this week with the team in, for no rain weather, and for the kids to come out to the activites this week. God is moving, we have seen it already! So, please praise Him for that. I will have to post later about stories of how He has worked things out but again...that is for another night. Love you all and we covet your prayers! We, again, are praying for you so if you have anything specific, please let us know!! :)
Psalm 32:8
Kraig and Ashleigh
































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