Saturday, February 7, 2009

God is Sovereign

We serve a Good and Mighty God and many times He works in ways that we can't see or understand but what a comfort to know that He is always good.
I would like to preface this post by praising Loaves and Fishes Intl. for the work they are allowing God to do through them. The favor they have been granted is something that only the Father could provide them with.
I am writing this post from the USA. I know this comes as a shock to everyone reading. I thought that I would be staying in China for 2 years but the Father had different plans. From the first moment of my journey on Jan. 27th the peace that I had for so long vanished. During my days at Hidden Treasures I never regained that peace and after many agonizing hours, day and night, after much time in the Word, much time in Prayer and much council from those who know me best I felt the Father's release from this calling, at this point in my life, and I knew it was time to come home.
As you can imagine this was the hardest decision that I have ever had to make. I feared that I was disobeying God, I feared that I was walking away from what He called me to and I feared that I was dissapointing all of those that had supported me in going.
I arrived back in the US on Thursday Feb. 5th. I am now in the process of working through all of the thoughts and emotions that come with this kind of major life decision. The more I am in the Word and Prayer and the more I process what has just happened to me the more Peace the Lord grants me that I made the right decision.
I would not be exagerating to say that the past 10 days have been the hardest days that I have walked so far. I have hit rock bottom in every area; spiritual, physical, mental and emotional and God is in the process of restoring me in each one of these areas and making me more complete in Him than I have ever been.
I know many of you have questions that I didn't address in this post. Please email me at alyssa.m.garvin@gmail.com and I will try to answer them to the best of my ability. Thank you for your love, prayers and support. To God be the Glory.

Love, Alyssa