This week our family had the opportunity to return to a place that holds a lot of powerful memories for me - The Children's House at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Our son was born nearly three months premature and we lived at The Children's House for one month while Joshua was growing strong enough to be moved to Fredericksburg. Joshua is five now and we wanted to give back to a place that was such a blessing to us, so on Thursday (the day before Joshua's birthday), we served dinner for all the current residents. While there, we met a woman who lives in Gettysburg, PA. We told her that we had accepted an invitation to speak at a marriage conference in Gettysburg this November and the conference was being held at the Eisenhower Inn. She said that she lived so close to the Eisenhower Inn that if we stood on the back balcony, we could see her backyard. Amazing. We went to The Children's House to serve, and met someone who lives right beside the very place that we will be speaking at in just a few months. What are the chances? Maybe a better question is, "What are the chances that it's not God?" We don't always know why God allows trials in our lives, and why He causes our paths to collide with total strangers - but often those strangers need something from us, or we need something from them. In this instance, we were able to minister to this woman and her daughter (who had cancer). God used my family to serve a hot meal and encourage those residents, while demonstrating the power of His providence. When Crystal and I go to Gettysburg in November, we hope to meet up with this dear lady and daughter again. Who knows where this journey will end - but then again, that's what's so cool about God. He doesn't need us to know all the answers. He just wants us to take the journey and trust Him for the outcome.CAP
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