Waiting on the Lord; growing in His grace

so here i am, on the web.
the world, wide, web.
my real purpose is to use this as a method of updating
rather than sending out a mass email every once in a while.

As for now, i am in maine living at home waiting on the Lord. i have begun the slow process of beginning to search for a job. my heart is not to remain in maine for long, but is filled with the prayer that the Lord would send me out to the foreign mission field. however, until i hear His voice telling me to "go", i will remain in maine and serve Him here. i miss my family in Peru, but i know that if the Lord wishes, He will bring me back soon.

"Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:" jer. 32.17

i am excited to be able to get more involved in my church here, and though the process of getting to know people once again is slow, i know the Lord is at work. my wonderful Savior is opening my eyes more every day to His goodness and holiness (amongst other things to be sure). in the process i am being made ever increasingly aware of my own lack of faith in the God that created and saved me.--oh that my faith would grow, that the Spirit of God would fill me to overflowing that this place would be shaken and that the word of God would go forth in boldness to the hundreds of people who are dying daily only to be faced with an eternity of suffering.

"Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." ps.27.14

i praise God for His goodness in opening opportunities to me to be able to share with the church, the ladies at Blessed Hope, and others concerning what He is doing in Peru. i am thankful to know that more people are now praying for the people there and the the work God is continuing there.
i praise Him as well for allowing me to spend a few weeks in North Carolina with 2 of my beautiful sisters, my 2 little brothers, my father and his wife.

here are a few things i am praying for should you care to join me as your prayers are more than appreciated, for "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." james 5.16b:
-more faith and boldness
-guidance concerning missions (and my future in general)
-am i to return to peru? (i have a ticket to return there in a few months)
-provision for a job
-provision for a vehicle to be able to have a job
-opportunities to serve (in the church and in my town...outreaches?)

thank you for your prayers and for bearing through this extensive "blog", the following posts will be shorter i assure you all.

"Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life." ps. 42.8