David and Kristia Abbott your connection to tribal missions 
My recent trip to the Philippines was the first overseas trip I’ve taken by myself, and what an adventure it turned out to be! I had several delays and I missed two of my flights. Under the circumstances I should have been scared and pretty frustrated with all the things that went wrong, and at first I was.
When I go on trips I try not to take any books except my Bible because I really want to spend the extra time I have reading my Bible and talking to God. He taught me so much about leaning on Him and only Him during this trip. I had so many times I started feeling alone and I would start wishing that I was back home or that I had someone there with me, but every time I would hear God telling me that I wasn’t alone and that He was taking care of everything.
Once I started giving my situations over to God He showed me things from His level, not mine. God provided so many people to help me while traveling. I could see Him using the difficult times to show me how I had been thinking and He showed me several things that I had been depending on besides Him. God brought me to the point of having nothing, to show me that I didn’t need anything besides Him.
God is so, so good to me and He can provide everything I need. His timing isn’t always when we think things should happen, but His way is always best. I learned to have joy in hard situations because no matter how hard I think something is, God promises never to give us situations that are too hard. Living in God’s plan can be tough, but what an amazing adventure He will give us if we just give everything over to Him!
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