A prayer from Betty Stam

"Lord, I give up my own plans and purposes, all my own desires, hopes and ambitions, and I accept Thy will for my life. I give up myself, my life, my all, utterly to Thee, to be Thine forever. I hand over to Thy keeping all of my friendships; all the people whom I love are to take second place in my heart. Fill me now and seal me with Thy Spirit. Work out Thy whole will in my life at any cost, for to me to live is Christ. Amen."

I live in a small town. Today's excitement at work is a building across the street being demolished. And not just any building. A pre-1800 log home that had been covered in clapboard and most recently was occupied by four different renters (four apartments). The first picture is at 10:19 AM. The second picture is at 11:26 AM

The deck railing shows how much snow we've gotten in the last two hours... And it's still coming down!!! We haven't had this much snow since I was in elementary school.

Introducing the "Celtic Women" two person orchestra. :) This was supposed to be a funny picture - I unfortunately didn't have enough hands to hold all at one time all the instruments I got to play for our Christmas cantata at church! But it was super fun, I can assure you.

My display board set up at one of my deputation meetings. :)

The Path Revised

God makes no mistakes. His path is perfect. No matter what happens. That's the reason I started this blog, right? To remember that, whatever happens, God's way is best. Well, God decided to test my faith in that this fall, right when I was getting full swing into preparations for deputation. I got kicked in the ankle during an high school alumni soccer game, and it changed my whole plans for the fall. There were a few tough, discouraged moments along the way, but I thank God that His way truly is best. Way better than anything I could ever come up with. And yes, my plans for deputation got changed up, but I believe that even in this, God has perfect timing. 

August 25: The infamous soccer game day. 

 

August 29: The bruising is starting to show. The Convenient Care Clinic only gave me an air splint, so I've been limping around on this swollen and bruised ankle. 

September 3: Now that's what I call a pretty good bruise.

September 6: I finally went to the Orthopedic and got this lovely boot. 

September 13: In case you didn't believe that my foot was really swollen. It went all the way down through my toes. 

September 23: My physical therapist gave me this really cool tape to help with the bruising. 

September 24: My office mate's daughter drew this in honor of me. I wasn't able to drive for three weeks because it was my right ankle that was injured. 

October 9: I went back to the orthopedic today and get promoted to an ankle brace. Now starts the fun part of learning how to walk again. 

Missions Update

August was filled with creating my prayer card, letterhead, website, contact list, and much more as I have prepared for deputation. Right now I am in the process of contacting churches, preparing my presentation, and working on my table display.

If you haven't seen it, feel free to check my website out at ruthtohonduras.com

There were 15 of us in the 2015 BMM Candidate Class. Each of us had a short bio shared in the Mission's Advance magazine, fall edition. Here's a picture of mine below. :)