Henderson Missionary Family

Lord willing, on April 13th, I will head back down to the hot city of San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras. I’ve made the trip several times over the past three years, so I kind of know what to expect. But, this journey will be a new one in several respects. I won’t have Alania or Brantley with me. This will be very different. They have both made this journey each way without me, but this will be the first time I’ve made it without either of them. The flight will be a little different too. I’ve only flown on direct flights arriving in the afternoon. This time I will have a connection and will arrive in San Pedro around midnight.             

It’s not just my travel plans either. When I get there I will be beginning a new role as pastor to the International Christian Fellowship. This is a new journey. However, there is something already familiar about it. The Lord. Whatever new in this life may come, He is with us. You see He was with me when I went to kindergarten. He was with me when I finished high school. He was with me when we got married. He was with me when Brantley was born. When I went through college, when I have followed Him, when I have strayed from Him, He has always been there. There was a day in my life when I stood broken, not sure I could put one foot in front of the other. God spoke to me as clearly as He ever had that day. The message was this, “Kris, I’ve gotten you through every thing you’ve ever been through. And if  you make one more day on this earth or if you don’t, you will be with me and I will be in control.” Jesus was telling me that worrying, striving, and fearing would not sustain me, only He will.                                  

So, on this new journey, God will sustain me. The different travel plans, the exciting new role, the desire to change the world for Jesus. These are all His plans, their not really mine because “We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which he foreordained so that we might walk in them” (Phillippians 2:10). God has something all for us to do in each of the seasons in our lives. Right now, ours is to live and lead in Honduras and share life with the people of San Pedro. For you, it may be to teach Sunday School or lead a Bible Study in your home. It may be to write or speak at conferences. It may be to adopt or serve as a foster home. It might even be to do what you are doing right now and make disciples in that context. Whatever our journeys are from this day forward, I bet they are somewhat new and they may be a little intimidating. But, no matter what it is, they are God’s plans, not our own. Wow, how exciting!