It was a long drive home on Monday. We unloaded in the church parking lot and said our goodbyes. These were not the same people who left Abilene six days ago. We may not have changed Chinle, but it certainly changed us.
Tuesday morning was the funeral for Michele. As tragic as it was to lose a young friend, her service was full of hope and good memories because Michele was a Christian and we all know where she is now. Jimmy stopped us after the service to tell us that our Navajo friend, Leroy, had texted that his nephew had been killed on Sunday. Jimmy has been praying for and witnessing to Leroy for 8 years. We were all praying that Leroy might become a Christian while we were in Chinle, and we were disappointed when it didn’t happen. But, God’s timing was at work and Leroy became a Christian on Tuesday afternoon! We had learned early in the week that our plans are not always God’s plans – His always turn out so much better. Once again, God said, “I’ve got this.”
We had seven days of laughter, tears, joy, sorrow, chaos, calm, excitement and amazement at what God can do.