Root canal??

So this morning i went into the dentist for an emergency visit. Thankfully they will be working with me to make it affordable because I discovered I need a root canal. But i got to the dentist early, we got the xrays and everything going for the tooth and I'm sitting in the chair..they've started the process and the lights go out...so then, the backup kicks in and the dentist can pretty much just continue on as normal. So she goes ahead and gets the Novocain going..and then all the power goes out. So I am sitting in the room in the dark with my right cheek going numb...waiting.
From the outside looking in this looks like a disaster. But this morning in the middle of it all i found myself praying for the people around the office. For God's intervention in their lives and His favor to be there as I am needing to trust Him to provide to take care of this..it's going to be a process that continues when I get back from ATW, but have to get the tooth taken care of this week..so I will be back to get it done. What if its more about building relationships with these people than it is about the problem of teeth and money???
I've been realizing a lot lately that sometimes I can entirely miss what God might be doing because I'm so entirely focused on my circumstances...when maybe God is doing something else.
Paul never focused on how he must have done something wrong to end up in prison..instead He thanked God for the new congregation every few hours that were shackled to him as his guards.
What in your life right now might need a slightly different focus? So that instead of looking around we look up and we see what He is doing? Maybe we don't see something else..but then again...maybe we will.

What if we are asking the wrong questions...

So i was driving up to Eaglerock tonight and whining to God..yes I was whining. Complaining to Him that I wanted Him to just show up and fix my tooth so i didn't have to spend my time going to the dentist. Did I ever mention that the drive up here is absolutely beautiful? ..I was missing the entire thing, because I was so focused on what's wrong right now.
So I was then reminded hello girl, you are complaining about having to take care of a tooth problem when He is sending you around the world? It's like grumbling about a slow driver and God is saying HELLO...is that really what its all about? Is life about how fast you can get some where or is more about enjoying the moments brought your way?
Can't help but realize maybe, just maybe I was missing the bigger picture...

A bit of rambling...

I've come to realize that when I was younger and had nothing to talk about I never ceased to write. But now when I actually have much to talk about I write nothing. Perhaps if I approached this blog differently it would be more exciting. Somehow I think I subconsciously believe that if I can't portray EVERYTHING then it's not worth writing anything. I know this isn't true! :-)
So, I'll just begin here.
We leave in 12 days for our first stop in San Francisco. Our whole team is getting geared up and excited!
However, in the mean time this is Debrief week for the boarders DTS. They have just returned from Haiti and Samoa. It's been SO fun to hear all the stories and hear what God has done.
You can see on the students faces that God has done a work in their lives.
Today is a nonstop day with morning worship, time with the returning school, class with the current school, one on ones with my girls from Boarders and then also tonight we have a time of report back where the teams will be sharing dramas and more testimonies of outreach! They will be praying for us teams who are leaving on the road as well.
One of my girls was sharing with me today the story of what is going on in Port au Prince with  the starting of a YWAM base there. God has opened the way for them through incredible door to be able to have their own buildings and property- on which they will also be able to build homes of Hope for displaced peoples. Just one small testimony of our Big God.

By the way- my trip home went well. I have some videos that I shared that evening. I'll email them out- but if you don't receive my normal updates, let me know and i can add you to the list!
More soon.....