Tonight we sat in the middle of a circle of people we do not know well, and yet we are family. The precious people of Thunder Mountain Community Church surrounded us with prayers and gratitude, thanking God for bringing us to their church to encourage them and challenge them with a call to preparation. I had only just finished singing and sharing the stories from the Word that have inspired these songs, and the group had already began to surround David and me to pray for us and thank God for sending us. As I sat there holding tightly my husband’s hand, my eyes were closed, but I could see so clearly. I caught a glimpse… one of those rare and beautiful moments where it all makes sense and you can see what God has been doing in you. God has been putting this vision on my heart for over a year to share these songs in churches to bring encouragement to the discouraged and the distracted. The vision has grown and been refined as time has gone on and as steps have been taken to move forward. So many nights I laid awake on my bed and I imagined what this ministry God was entrusting to me would look like. I dreamed and hoped and then laid all those thoughts at His feet, knowing from the beginning that he had told me to let Him define success. And tonight as we were being prayed for I thought, “this is happening. God, you are doing this…. for realsies!” Tonight we sat in the middle of the circle of His will for us.

more to come about this last leg of the journey soon… but now, bedtime so we can wake up and drive to San Diego tomorrow.