"By wisdom a house is built"

Family fun day in the Rockies

We are now on week seven of our trip across the USA and are being completely blown away by the goodness of the Lord in so many ways. We have stayed at a lot of different houses, slept in a lot of different beds and met a lot of amazing people who love Jesus and have blessed us beyond belief. We don't even know most of these people and they are taking steps of faith to allow 6 crazy missionaries sleep in their house. I know that these people are sacrificing a lot to house us and make us meals. Each and every stop we have been able to share testimonies and life with the ones housing us and also receive from them. I am seeing so much how God loves relationship. We have only stayed in hotels a few times which have been huge blessing and very restful but I have to say that I have loved every house that we have stayed at no matter the sleeping conditions. There truly is more value in the relationships that we have had than a comfortable hotel room.

One evening we were in Denver, Colorado and were praying for some of our YWAM friends after a dinner when a drunken man and his wife came up to us and he asked us for prayer and food. We were definitely more than happy to do that for them and since we had received so much these past weeks it definitely felt like time to do some pouring out. We spent time talking to them and praying with them. This man was so desperate for Jesus. He got down on his knees and cried out to Jesus for help with his drinking problem. These people were truly broken before the Lord and crying out for a savior and I know that He met them there in that moment. We don’t know where they are or what they are up to right now but we continue to pray for them and hope that they will continue to seek Jesus and be healed of every addiction.

We have met so many amazing people including some of the most influential ministry leaders in the world and have heard some of the most mind blowing wisdom and revelation but I have to say that the things I know we will remember and grow most from are the times together as a family. We have traveled thousands of miles together, had many conversations, prayed many prayers, laughed more than acceptable at times and have walked through major breakthrough together. We have been walking together with Jesus and I know that there is so much wisdom that will come out of those simple moments that we don’t always think to be important. We have to grow in wisdom to contain any amount of knowledge that we receive on this trip. The verse that has been coming to my mind a lot is Proverbs 24:3-4

“By wisdom a house is built,
and through understanding it is established;
through knowledge its rooms are filled
with rare and beautiful treasures.”

My desire isn’t to walk out of this experience with a really big head, but to have inspiration for a really nice house.