Well, here we are at the end of an era; for Sarah and I at least. You are thinking to yourself what is he talking about, so let me cut the chase. As of this we we are no longer on staff with Adventures in Missions. Sad I know. This decision for Sarah and I to step down has been brewing for a while. It's no fun to remain in limbo for extended periods of time.   this decision comes through much prayer and council from our Pastors, and mentors, and family. we are convinced that its the correct decision for where the lord is leading us right. now (more on that at a later date). We love Adventures in Missions and will continue to endorse their leadership, and to support them in prayer. We have made so our best friends through AIM and intend to keep those friendships alive.

 

As for our future, I will be starting Bible college again, and Sarah will be at home being a mommy. 

 

To our supporters that have been with us for this long haul, thank you so much. You support and prayers have meant more that you will ever know. we pray that God blesses you in ever area of your life.

 

I will be writing, later on another blog that I have started if you would like to keep us with us, and what God is doing in our lives. that blog is not up yet but will be soon. if you would like to receive that blog send me an email to shawnsummey@gmail.com and I will add you to that mailing list.

 

Thanks to all of the Aim Staff for the experiences and friendships that you have allowed us to have with you. Thanks to all of the students that allowed us to pour into them. Thanks to all of our supporters for making it all possible. We love you all and God Bless you.

    Have you ever had your heart broken? You start dating a person and you are really in to him or her only to realize that they are not that into you. Well I have been there a time or two. Or you get really excited about about a situation, only to be let down.  This always happens to me in situation that I have felt like the Lord was leading me to. 

    One example that resonates deep in my heart and still hurts, is when we felt the lord leading us to go to Africa. When we heard that word we jumped on the band wagon with AIM and started raising funds to go, and at the end of our time frame to leave last year, "Slam"  the door closed  by our support not coming in.  Another year later here we are in the exact same place. Please don't get me wrong, we have grown spiritually, and exponentially with the birth of our first son. But we still live in the same house, working the same job with no more direction than we had two years ago. 

    This same type of situation came up this week. Since we are in "limbo" with no real direction accept to be, I decided to try and go back to college and get a degree, while we are waiting on directions from the Lord.  So in January I filed all the applications, sent all the paperwork, even registered for classes; when I get a letter to inform me that I am not being accepted as a degree seeking student because my GPA was to low from my previous attempts, and "Slam" the door closed again.

    One thing that I am realizing about myself is that, I put my heart fully in every thing I do, and usually get my hopes up high. I get really excited and, "Pop" goes my bubble along with the let down of my heart. This week I have been praying, "Lord is this your way of saying no?" or " are you just closing the doors because I don't understand", "why is this always happening?" It hit me like a rock, what i am actually asking is, "Can I trust you with my heart?" If you are honest with yourself, you have asked this question before. God can you be trusted with my heart?

    When I realized this question my heart sank. I realized that I have been blaming God for my situations. I have been accusing Him for my hurt from these situations, but would not allow Him to mend the wounds. Because of situations like this I feel like a failure. It raises doubts that I hear from the Lord, but as I look back I realize that those feelings are lies. I have no doubt that  the Lord's leading and teaching process may leave wounds behind, but He is always there to mend our wounds with His love, and grace, and compassion. I am sure that as you look around and see the works of His hands, and see this magnificent world that He has created, you will agree that He is more than able to fix our "problems," and yes he can be trusted with our hearts.

 

     "Lord, continue to confirm in me that you can be trusted with my heart. You are good, not tame and mild but you are good, and I choose to put my trust in you, and to keep following and keep listening you your voice. Please keep speaking and let me learn to recognize your voice amidst all the business of life. "

 

    I am leaving you with this video it is about 15 mins long. I apologize for it being so long, but I strongly encourage you so stop and watch it. Take some time to  pray through it. It will rock you to the core. I also apologize, this blog has been all about sharing with you where we are, and to show our faults and failures in hopes that in sharing it will help with the growing process, and help you with yours. If you have had "situations" or "problems" I encourage you to step out and write a comment about it even if anonomous. There is always freedom in bringing things to the light though that process may hurt.  This blog is about community so if you are hurting there are people that are a part of this community that I know will pray for you.

 

God bless you on your journey and enjoy the Video. 

 

So tonight I get to be the bearer of really good news.  Rachel went to have an MRI done this morning, and after two Radiologist, and her Physician reading the results, what they saw in the CT scan was gone. It was there the other day, but now its gone.

 

So as you can imagine we are praising the Lord yet again for his faithfulness  and His mighty works.

 

Thanks to everyone's prayers and concerns. We love you and and Rachel extremely grateful  to everyone too. 

 

Thank You so Much!

Hey Family, I seem to only have bad news lately, so here goes.

 

Sarah's older sister Rachel was in a pretty bad car accident last weekend, so the took her to the ER, and she was sent home with a OK. That following day her family began to see that she was having a hard time remembering, and she was real dizzy. So Jeremy her husband took her back to the ER where they did a CT scan that they were told was clear. So today Rachel got a call from her physician asking her if she had made a follow up appointment from her CT. Apparently the Radiologist saw a spot on her brain that they think is either a vascular abnormality or has a small spot that is bleeding on her brain. 

 

Please, Please, Please Pray for Rachel! Pray for her Healing because we know that the Lord is more than capable. Pray for Comfort for her family and for Sarah. Lift her up.

 

Prayer

Lord I lift up Rachel and ask that you will touch her and bring healing to her. Bring her restoration. Comfort her let her know that you a near. Allow her to feel you love surrounding her. Lord you have not give us a spirit of fear, but of Love and peace. I pray right now against the fear that Rachel is feeling, in Jesus name we declair that you are in control. We put her life into your hands because you love her more that any of us ever could.   In Jesus Name

We just got a call from Rachel, Sarah's sister, they are taking Jim back for surgery to remove his appendix. The surgeon said that its pretty routine, and Jim is pretty healthy so he does not see any problems.

 

Pray that things go smoothly. 

Please Please Please Pray!!!

 

Sarah's Dad Jim went to the ER a little while ago, with sever stomach pains. We just got word that the doctors are thinking that its his appendix. That can be very serious business, so pray that that Lord will touch him and heal him !

 

As we know more about the situation we will give you an update.

 

P.S. We think that Gabe may be teething, so he is feeling well. Pray that we will get some sleep.