Looking For Further Confirmations For The Future

 Dear Kids, 

On Sunday your dad and I fasted about the next step for our family, specifically about going to Guatemala. 

We have been told that we should quit dad's job and live on our savings down there. That has felt really scary to me. When we fasted about it I had to admit to myself that the thing that scares me is going without income and not doing the right thing financially. So I told the Lord when we fasted that I NEED several strong confirmations, like the confirmations we received when we left St. George. We received SO MANY strong confirmations, it was unmistakable. I need the same confirmations about quitting the job to go down there to work on the podcasts. 

Something I have felt while being in Idaho Falls is that we need to get as much temple work done as possible while we are here. And I've felt several times just this urgency to make it to the temple because the next place we go we won't have those chances. 

We went and did sealings again tonight and as we were walking out of the temple the spirit said to me, "Andrea, don't you think the feeling you have of going as much as you can to the temple because you won't be able to go as much IS THE TYPE of strong confirmation you are looking for? You have been getting that witness about doing as much temple work as possible... don't you think that is just as strong of a witness as you have received before?". 

And it's true. It is a very strong witness. 

This weekend we cleaned out Papa and Mimi's storage room area. I was telling your dad that the spirit keeps telling me several times that we are on a service mission right now. We have been asked to give up everything, just like when we went on a mission when we were younger. We are on a mission right now as a family. You might not feel it and know it as much as your dad and I do, just because of the stages of life you are in, but we feel it. We have been called on a service mission. 

Your dad tonight said the same thing, "Andrea, don't you think that confirmation that we are on a service mission IS the strong confirmation that we are doing exactly what God would have us do right now? And when He's ready for us to redirect, we will know when it's time?" 

I think that is the part I need to get used to... going with the flow of the spirit, WITHOUT being afraid. The flow of the spirit is telling me that we are going to be quitting the job and going to Guatemala and working on the podcasts. When I settle into that with my heart it feels right, but my mind doesn't want to believe it because it seems a bit crazy. But that is when I feel. And that is what I need to trust. Those feelings NEVER steer me in the wrong direction. All throughout my life those feelings have always lead me in the right way. But since the confirmations I'm receiving seem crazy, I'm having a hard time settling into them. 

But it's right. It is right. And I believe because God is so good He is going to keep giving me more confirmations as we move along. 

I love you kids. Remember that God will steer you in the right way. Learning how to listen to Him is VITAL for your life. It takes a lot of practice. If you don't know what the spirit sounds like to you, just practice listening to any thought or inspiration that comes to your head. And if you practice that spiritual skill will get stronger and stronger. 

I love you, 

Your Mom