1 Corinthians 16:5-9

"I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia, and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may help me on my journey, wherever I go. For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries."

I need to be content to say the same type of thing. Being a missionary, raising support, I have been asked from the beginning, "when do you plan to be there?" I've always hated that question. It's frustratingly difficult to give a difinitive answer. The question is asked in almost every church we visit and is a constant reminder of the uncertainty of our schedule. Usually I say we want to be in Romania by . . . or it will depend on . . .

I don't have to know when God will have us where in Romania. I will make plans and have intensions. But I must always remember that God has something for me everywhere He puts me, and He is to be trusted even if He doesn't follow my plan.