As we continue to declutter the house in preparation for listing it next week, we find that we are also decluttering our hearts and minds.
Our present world is fading away, and Mexico is coming into view. We are starting to pay more attention to our Spanish (or lack thereof), picking out words from the conversations of others and from TV. We’ve continued to visit with our fellow workers, the Jacksons and the Lumppios, talking and praying about what our lives will be like in just a few short weeks when we’ll all be working together. The freedom of a simpler lifestyle is becoming more and more apparent each day. It is an amazing time of transition.
Greg called last night and it seems he’s finally getting some peace about our move. He told us that as a family they have committed to learn Spanish, and that they have decided to simplify their lives as well. A very big step for them. (Didn’t have the heart to tell him that in simplifying OUR lives, we are contributing the clutter of three boxes of toys and books to THEIR children’s lives!)
I also think back to Briefing Course this past summer and to our reading of the life of Hudson Taylor, in my mind the ultimate “declutterer”. How the lack of clutter in his life allowed him to focus on the more important things that God had for him to do. Our lives are refocusing on what God would have us do in His name in Mexico…
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