Our Guide and Guard

At 3:30pm today, my family and I will be boarding a plane, destination: Okinawa, Japan. A small, semi-tropical island 900 miles south of Tokyo.

Our house was packed up four weeks ago, since then I have been living out of suitcases, visiting family here in Ohio. 

Taking a breather before craziness sets in again.

A 40-hour trip might sound like a long trip, 

but taking into considering that I’ve already been traveling for 132 hours this summer, 

this trip should be a flash… okay, maybe not quite. 

Okay, yes, this will be a very long trip.

With this huge change looming in front of me, 

a couple of thoughts pass through my contemplating. 

Actually, it seems like I have been figuring out very little in regards to this, 

because the knowledge of this move hasn’t become a reality. 

But I mean, how could it?  

How do you begin to comprehend moving 8,000 miles away, into a culture that you know nothing about? 

I guess I've been trying to figure out how to figure it out.

However,

with all the changes that will occur,

with all the stress that is sure to appear, 

through all the confusion, 

and through all the doubt, 

we have a Savior who will be with us. 

To guide us and to guard us. 

Psalm 48:14

'For this God is our God for ever and ever

He will be our guide even to the end.'