Logan is now also fully funded for his mission trip. 🙌
In the first blog post in the series of Johann's Mission Trip, we briefly mentioned how God placed Logan on Johann's heart. What we haven't told you yet is what happened next. Although Johann was on good terms with Logan, he had decided not to tell him about it at first. At some point, Logan told Johann that he had two jobs and was still having financial difficulties. He had sent out several letters to collect donations for his mission trip without receiving a single penny. He then went from house to house in his neighborhood and told people about his upcoming trip. However, this was not successful either. He tried a few more things until one day he came home and gave everything to God. It was at this very moment that Johann shared his details with you here on the blog.
A few weeks later, Logan told Johann after the first lesson that he wanted to give up on studying. Johann quickly understood that the financial situation was not looking good. During the conversation, Logan confirmed that he had the call to come to Bible college and wanted to quit due to lack of finances. Johann and another friend prayed for him and blessed him. The next day and in the weeks that followed, people repeatedly and unnoticed dropped off bags of food at his seat during the big break or invited Logan to lunch. He also found envelopes with money at his place several times. We could see how God was and still is working through different people in Logan's life. As mentioned earlier, his mission trip is fully funded. He is still in school and will graduate in May. Logan is flying to Ecuador in a couple weeks where he will be speaking at a pastor's conference, in addition to other programs. We are excited to see what he will experience in Ecuador.
Why are we sharing his story with you?
We are not focused on how great we or other people are for supporting him. We want to share with you the impact of listening to God's voice and following His voice. For a long time Johann didn't know why we were supposed to support Logan, but we stepped out in faith and listened to His voice. We can't look into other people's hearts and see what's going on in their lives. Maybe it looks great on the outside, but on the inside someone is struggling with all kinds of different things. And that's why it's important that we listen to God's voice and let it guide us. It was only months after we listened to God's voice that we were able to understand why God put Logan on our hearts.
God is not indifferent to His children. He looks at us as a loving Father.
And here's our year so far in just a few pictures:
It started with a visit from Betty's siblings. We had lots of fun together, but also spent a lot of time in long conversations. At game nights with our housemates, ice sliding at the Ice Castles and hiking in the Garden of the Gods.
We have been able to explore a few hiking trails and thanks to a carrier, Elijah is also quite happy most of the time. He is fascinated by dogs - whether real or made of stone. And Johann is developing his mechanic skills. He has his own story with our car ;-) Our car is quite old and a lot of things need to be replaced. We're always happy when Johann can do it himself or the mechanic tells us that we don't necessarily need to replace certain parts. Even if it means we have to deal with the countless bumps and potholes. :-D
And that's what is happening here in the next few months:
We have both started the application process for the next school year and are currently finalizing and submitting the paperwork.
As soon as that is done, the visa process will start.
As we will both be going to school every day from August, Elijah will need a babysitter in the mornings.
We are currently looking around for other living options vs. another year here in the house.
Johann will have the opportunity to work on a project basis again - there are still some formalities to be clarified, as we currently have no active residence and a deactivated residence permit in Switzerland.
Johann has an interview with a ministry that focuses on church planting, in which we hope to engage over the summer.
We learn to truly rely on God and when we look back and realize that we have worried more instead of trusted, it is only a greater motivation for us to bring out the light the next time. 😉
God is good and faithful brother❤️