James & Carolanne

Life these days has been super busy both with day-to-day work at the office, as well as trying to fit support team building into our evenings. Essentially, I've been trying to do two seperate full jobs in addition to spending time with my wife and managing our household. Suffice to say, life's been rather rough lately, and I must admit, there are lots of times when I wonder, why it's so difficult to do something that I believe God is calling me to, and which I believe He is working through.

Many people ... many Christians would say that if things are going well for you in ministry, it means that God is with you. Is the opposite also true? This is something I've struggled with a lot. Looking at the difficulty, frustration and stress we have had in raising our support, and wondering... ok Lord, are you in this? Or is this ministry not where you want me to be?

Praise the Lord, I have a wonderful wife who is so supportive of me in this ministry, even to the point now where she is going to be taking some of that load off my plate and going out to raise the support while I'm here at work in the office. She has been such an awesome helpmate and encouragement to me as we have wandered our way through this stressful and difficult time.