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He is Faithful to His Promises--->Romania


 Thus says the LORD to Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right hand,
To subdue nations before him
And ]to loose the loins of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
“I will go before you and make the [b]rough places smooth;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.
“I will give you the [c]treasures of darkness
And hidden wealth of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
“For the sake of Jacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have not known Me.
“I am the LORD, and there is no other;
Besides Me there is no God.
I will ]gird you, though you have not known Me; 
 That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
That there is no one besides Me.
I am the LORD, and there is no other, 
     -Isaiah 45:1-6


You know God's hand it upon you and your life when  He gives you a promise for your life excaltly three years to the date that it happens. I remeber talking with a trusted mentor and she prayed over me and spoke over me that God would make a way for me to go to Romania and the verse she shared with me has been the one I have clung to and it has held me in times of discouagement when it felt like the promise was so far away. Today I looked at the scipture  in my Bible and I saw that I had written the date May 6/2009 and beside the words "New Season" I knew this was a promise from God and the last three years I have been walking in faith that this season one day come to pass...and its incredible because the season is NOW!!! and  on May 6.2012 I will be meeting my team that I will be going to Romania and celebrating the anniversary of when God first spoke to me about me returning.

 There have been so many times where God has reminded me of His incredible purpose and hand on my life through this scipture and it is this verse that I clung to when He told me to go to Bible College and He would make a way for me to go to Romania to see my family and to serve there.  I didn't know how it would happen or even when but here I am two years into my schooling and heading off to Romania with Kim Moran ( new campus pastor) and going with a group of Christian ladies to minister to Gyspy women and children. I serve an incredibly BIG God!

I feel so humbled and blessed because I know that there is no way this trip would ever be possible would it not have been for God to have opened the door before me that no man can shut, by that I mean how He has poured the finicial blessing for me to go by using many family and friends who have out of their excitmen and love supported me, there have been many who have prayed with me along the journey and being a HUGE emotional support, many who have laughed and cried with me throughout this journey, many who given me HOPE when I had forgotten about His promise to get me there, and honestly through this I have been learning how if it is God's plan to then it will always succeed. I know for sure this trip has not been of my doing because I at first this couldnt possibly be the right time because I am in the middle of my schooling and with literally no fiances...but I know God's timing is best to show that " There is none other beside Him" and it truly is the Lord that is making this happen.

I am so excited because I know the season has come and I will once again be reunited with my biological family. My family here in Canada is amazing and I have been so blessed to have the family I have been chosen to have because I know they have shaped me and helpe me be the person I am today and I am grateful for their love and support. I know God is going to bring so much freedom to my family in Romania and I am looking forward to watching how God ministers to them.

I cannot even believe a week from now I will be traveling on a plane heading to Romania! There really are so many words I can use to describe the many emotions that come with just saying those words.To sum it up...God is so good and faithful to His promises.

My prayer is that for those who hear my story and how God has made a way for me to go to Romania that they would see God's incredible hand on my life and would then in turn reflect on their own life and see how God has been faithful to them, and remeber the promises He has spoken and to walk in faith knowing that He is faithful even when it seems dark and the light seems distant know that there is HOPE in the midst of your circumstances and He is working things out accoring to His timing.

Blessings

Andrea

P.S I will be posting again this week with more information about the detials of my trip and what you can be praying for and how you can stay connected to me and my team while we in Romania:)

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