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India (Trip 1) - Wrap Up

Thank You for your support of me and the Equip team on our venture to India.

Financial update: out of the total $3700 needed to cover the cost of the trip – Praise God – 88% came in via donations. Thank you so much for everyone’s generosity.

As most are aware I had an incredible time and God moved in incredible ways.

I feel that I was blessed in being able to do some Force10 work for a week prior to the missions part of the trip taking place. Making the trip to India and doing only the Force10 work or only the Missions portion would have been a very different trip and I definitely would not have gotten the well balanced perspective I did. I feel very fortunate to have seen the “big business, professional side”, along the “tourist, missionary, smaller business side”. I missed my family, but I truly value the experience and perspective gained by the journey.

Integrating back to the US was strange, but amazingly swift. At this point, I am working to make sure that the lessons learned remain fresh – but with each day the distance from here to India seems further away. I hope to return when the time is right. It would be a great experience for Renee and the kids as well (although they seem a little young for it now).

I left a lot of contemplations in my Blog entries, but a few closing thoughts are
1. God showed up in ways that I never expected him to - and often in areas that I never thought he’d need to!
2. I found out I’m not bullet proof – emotionally, mentally, or physically.
3. I really enjoyed the daily worship, team prayer, and constant expectation for God to ‘show up’ (and He did).
4. I knew I was really back in the US on my first day back at work. We were talking about a problem, and my first impulse was to ask the group “let’s pray about it”. I caught myself before asking my non-Christian coworkers – but maybe I should have asked anyway!
5. The trip renewed my understanding that what I allow God to do by way of expectation and faith – He will do. As I expect him to show up and do the miraculous – he does. When I don’t believe – I close that door for Him.
6. I continue to marvel at the level of communication that the Intercessor team had! I strive to have such a transparent relationship and daily discussion with God my father.
7. A biggie for me is the clear message I need to SLOW down and LISTEN. In India I was able to hear God speak as I took time to listen.

I am interested in what the future will hold in this area for me and my family.

God Bless. Thank you again for your wonderful and marvelous support.

posted by Winya @ 9:17 PM