We're back!

To see pictures of our recent trip to Asia, click on Haugan Reports, Jeremiah's World, and More Asia Pictures (under links). Below are some reflections on some of the things the Father did in our hearts over the last months.

How can I even begin to recap a time that has broken layers of stone off of our hearts and brought forth the very best of who we are all in one blog? I feel as if a whole new part of myself has been awakened to the meaning of life and to the passion that drives hearts. Keith and I both have experienced so much change in our hearts. We are learning things we always knew we needed to know. A new level of surrender has brought a simplicity and a purity to life that I have never known before. Throwing off every hindrance has been a liberating challenge that has brought new understanding, new thinking, and new freedom to my life. I have never known the degree to which surrendering my own fears and loves to God could bring such clarity and freedom to life. Making myself ready to do things I fear, letting go of things that I love in my life... doing these things to decidedly and wildly abandon myself to the purposes of God. Suddenly, I can see... For a moment here and there, it's as if the clouds roll away and I can really see what this is all about... and truly understand the thrilling purpose that I was created to live out.

To find my comfort in God alone.
To make my pursuit for Him alone.
To set my fears aside and embrace risk for the most Important of all.
To calculatingly place my love for God before my love for my family and friends, and let that affect my decisions in life.
To find myself intricately connected in the Divine quest for intimacy with the least and the lost.
To loose my wants in the comfort of His extravagance.
To fill my needs at the Tree of Life.

Lord, continue to bring us to greater places of intimacy with You!