Peace

PAX
Did you know the snow storm crippling the south at the moment is named "Pax"? Did you also know that in Latin Pax means Peace? Although Snow Storm Pax is reeking havoc here in the Southeast there is a certain peace that comes when all gets cancelled and everyone hunkers down and settles in where ever they are to weather the storm. Pax has reached Graham, NC. And, instead of packing up and leaving for Honduras, I too am hunkering down and settling in to the fact that I will not make it to Rus Rus this time.

All Flights Canceled
Yesterday I received word that my Thursday morning flights from Raleigh-Durham to Atlanta to Honduras had already been cancelled. Last night there was at least a 5 hour wait to even talk to the airline to try and reschedule cancelled tickets. Flights available were quickly moving into next week and growing astronomical in price. Anyone on the IHS Medical Brigade who was flying through Atlanta had cancelled flights! IHS is sending 8 medical teams for this brigade throughout Honduras. There were over 2200 flights cancelled just in Atlanta! The team members have all been working to reschedule their flights via Texas. But, those of us in North and South Carolina and Georgia just don't even have a place to fly out of as all the airports close to home are closed and driving anywhere is just out of the question in current weather conditions.

Prayer
Please pray for the IHS teams who are scrambling and working hard to get to Honduras and specifically Rus Rus. This is a very experienced medical brigade who have been doing this work for years. They will not be crippled by my absence. However, they do need the team members to be able to get to Honduras! Pray they will be able to run a successful time of much needed medical care all over Honduras. Pray for our missionaries, Wes and Denise, as they make many, many flights and ground preparations that make the medical work possible and the love of Christ known. Pray that the people who come for care to Rus Rus will see the love of Christ in those who are helping them and respond with changed lives that glorify God.

"To Be Certain Of God..."
The Lord put a quote in front of me yesterday that feels very appropriate in this time of dealing with uncertainty and changes. It's from Oswald Chambers: 

"To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness; it should be rather an expression of breathless expectation. We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest. [God] packs our life with surprises all the time." 

Am I surprised by this sudden change of plans? Most assuredly. Is God surprised? Not at all. His plan has not been interrupted at all and I can count on that.

My suitcase waiting to be packed

So for now, I'll put my suitcase away....but not too far away! There will be another trip to Rus Rus, Honduras for me. For now I'll hunker down and give thanks for a warm home, food to eat, a loving husband, two furry lap warmers named Tucker and Tanner.......and a snow day right here in the "warm south"!

Pax!