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21 of Romans 1 goes on to say, “Yes, they knew God, but So, you could ponder this article for a while and then go
they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give Him back to your restless wait, or you could seek to know a
thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God that will fill your wandering heart. The choice is
God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and yours. God allows us to enjoy the time in between our
confused.” Every human being is poor in the sense of not destinations because He fills that restlessness with peace
experiencing relationships in the way that God intended, (Philippians 4:7). God goes deeper than our instant
which translates into a severe and persistent restlessness. gratification and satisfies our need for connection to Him
and opens our eyes to the beautiful world and people
We need to stop running from this truth. Give God a that He made. Now those little things that used to annoy
chance to blow your mind. Allow God space to be the one us and those times of utter boredom don’t bug us much
you look forward to each day instead of waiting for the anymore because we know the God that made the stars.
day to be done. But how do you do that? Good thing He Now that is an adventurous life worth living.
has already chosen you, and His first order of business is
to save you from yourself, your stuff, this world, and its “God is so vastly wonderful, so utterly and completely
stuff. Next, as is His pattern and mark, He calls you out to delightful that He can, without anything other than
the wilderness, for no other reason than because that’s Himself, meet and overflow the deepest demands of our
the best place to be free of distractions. If you get alone total nature, mysterious and deep as that nature is.”
with His Word (the Bible) and seek Him through prayer, –A.W. Tozer
He absolutely will come flooding into your connection-
starved, adventure-obsessed soul through the provision
of His Holy Spirit.

MEETTHESTAFF

We are from Menomonie, Wisconsin, USA and we are very excited
to join Word On the Street in Cebu! As full time missionaries, we
will be working very closely with the magazine, having Bible
studies with university students, and serving around the
Philippines wherever God leads.

Brittany (see pg. 14) and I are both passionate about ministering
to university students since that’s where God found us.
Throughout the years that we were students, He used both the
good and the bad to teach us life’s lessons and show us how much
we needed Him.

Three months ago during an overnight camping trip, I (Laura) laid
awake in my tent listening to the rain and praying about what I
learned that evening. You see, that evening while talking about
our calling someone pointed out that college, my degree, my
passion to work with children and all my mistakes in between
were part of His plan. I also questioned whether or not God had a
different plan. A few months later, I was asked to leave my life in
America behind and I said, “When do we leave?”

Our journey around the world has been scary, challenging, and
exciting all at the same time. Over the past month, we quit our
jobs, packed and gave away belongings, prayed a lot, and watched
God continue to make a way for what He has planned for us here.
We are thankful to be here and look forward to meeting our
Filipino readers!