Rick's Story

Over the last ten years, Rick reports that he has been on the receiving end of support and encouragement from church members. He feels that he had been more of a “listener” and less of a “doer” during that time in his life.

Rick’s comment reminds me of Ecclesiastes 3:1 that says: “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven…” We all go through times in our lives where we need to be the “listener”; a time of learning and growing before we are able to go out and help others. My husband, James, pointed out that Moses had 40 years of training. And Jesus’ disciples had 3 (or more) year’s worth of preparation before they were fully ready to go on their missions.

Now Rick is feeling the Lord tugging on his heart to go and help others. He said that at this point God has given him the “gift of time” and he would like to use that gift to do the Lord’s work.

While Rick has yet to go on a mission trip, he has listened to the experiences of others who have. He said that he can see how the mission trip had an effect on them—how it is a blessing for the missionary as well as the people they serve.

Our international mission trip will require a passport, but Rick’s has been delayed due to a clerical error. The agency is working on correcting it and will expedite the processing of it tomorrow. James and I have seen Satan working to derail this mission trip and we feel this is just one more example of it. However we know that our God reigns and He is victorious over the evil one!

Please keep The Northern Lights team members and the Mexican community of Peñitas in your prayers. We want to share Christ’s love with everyone we encounter so please pray for us to be bold doers and the Mexican community to be receptive listeners.

Lynda

Rick is a long-time member of the Hillside-O'Malley SDA church in Anchorage, AK.  He has a lot of energy and can't wait to put his hands and time to use working for the Lord.