the white picket fence

One night Adam and I watched the beautiful Ventura sunset on a warm night from the top of Grant park overlooking the ocean. In one of those moments we thought to ourselves, "what were we thinking? Ventura is awesome! Why did we ever leave? It's beautiful. You can walk places without being followed or asked for money. The weather is amazing. The grocery stores and restaurants fast and delicious. There seems to be a sense of stability here. We could have a home and have stable friends and be near our family.  People can live out the american dream. It is so much easier to rest here. What were we thinking???"

And then we are reminded that the Lord has called us to be obedient to his call. For this season we are called elsewhere. Although the view in front of us seems so much better, there is more. God has promised us that.

Matthew 19:29 

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sister or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. 

Then one of my mentors and long time missionary to Africa for 25 years published this in his blog (written by his wife). 

http://dahlmandiary.aimsites.org/2015/07/17/just-do-it/

(YOU SHOULD REALLY READ THIS)

She states the same. The challenges, the transition, the fears are WORTH IT. Even after I read the scripture of God's promise, hearing it from someone else encouraged me to stay focused. It encouraged me to "not be content to live in the shadows of an ordinary, lamp-lit life when the full color sunshine is out there, just around the bend, over the next horizon, with your name on it."