Sacrifice

Both Gary and I have been coming to terms this week with some of the sacrifices we will have to make by serving the Lord in England.

For Gary he has been coming to terms with the death of a dream. He has longed to take us to some of the most beautiful places in the US, but money has never been available to do this to date and with us leaving for England it is certainly not going to happen very soon. He was also hoping that when we got to England we would be able to travel around a little. Again that doesn't look like it will be possible as a vehicle will not be able to fit into our budget. This is hard for a man that has had a vehicle for over 20 years and enjoys to drive.

For me, it has been the size of our family. Yes, I know we already have 6 children, but my heart longs for more. There are so many here available to adopt, yet when we get to England our adopting days will be over as they have an age limit of 40 to be able to adopt. We are both nearing that age (Gary quicker than me!).

I know that neither of these are life or death issues, but we have both struggled to get to the place that we are willing to give them up. But, our lives are not our own anymore. They have been bought with the price of Christ's death and we owe Him our everything, including our dreams.

Michelle