We had just come off the hardest day of our preparation for returning to Russia. Truthfully I have felt that the months of February to April have been a hard slog. Is it meant to be this hard to get back to the field? Should it really be such a struggle? There was some strong attack coming our way. I shared some of these stories in my previous post. The human reaction would have been to jump up and down and fight through some of the circumstances. I am convinced this would have made things worse though. Instead we went away on our retreat and relaxed and waited on the Lord. We had five days of genuine rest. We didn't do much other than sleep in every day, pray and worship, read, play board games and go on a few relaxing drives.
It was surprising to me, but waiting on the Lord really is the best solution. After five days of waiting and praying, things went so smoothly when we got back to Melbourne. Clearances from our doctor and organisation came quickly, visas were processed quickly, tickets sorted out quickly, with no long waits, team agreement sorted out, our financial support completed. So many things happened so quickly in such a short space of time. The path has now opened up widely. I am now convinced that waiting on the Lord is the solution to every problem. Hopefully I can really begin to practice this in my life.
On top of Mt Buller with my family.
The way up the path left one feeling a little vertigo with steep drop offs on either side.
Hopefully my new camera will provide some good opportunities for better shots. I think these kangaroos are a little evidence. It's always to hard to get close enough to kangaroos in the wild. This zoom lens and rapid fire shot taking did the trick though.
Lake Eildon is apparently a man made lake. Since Victoria has had a lot of drought, which is painful to hear about considering we have had a lot of rain this year, Lake Eildon has dried up a lot. It was a sorry sight. We drove around a lot before we even found any water. Towns that were on the lake before are now quite a ways back from the shore.
The little town of Jamieson does not need to be on the lake though. It has a beautiful little river running through it. Both Melody and I thought it was a tempting location to live in. Considering we had been suffering so much attack leading up to our time away it was little wonder we were actually tempted.
What a beautiful family I have.
We enjoy our times together.
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