Yes, I'm a dreamer...

If you’ve known me for a while, you’ll know that I’m a dreamer. This drives my husband nuts. Idea after idea, some even started, few finished.

Unfortunately I have several dreams and I can’t seem to find a way to make them blend seamlessly. Some of you may know that I really want to go back to study and complete a PhD in Linguistics (ok, so who am I kidding that I can do that with 4 kids? – I’ve humbly admitted I need to put that on the back burner); I’d love to start a small business that I could grow to help support us on the mission field and challenge my creativity; I desperately would like us to be able to get into the real estate market and I feel like I’m watching the ‘Aussie Dream’ disintegrate in front of my eyes; I want to get back into music; and I want to shine the light of Jesus in Russia – with my family. I’ve come to the place where I realise I can’t have it all at once and so I’m going to have to work out what order to do it in. I know I need to pick one dream to pursue and revisit the other stuff later, or risk never seeing any of those dreams coming to fruition.

Some time ago we did an analysis of our strengths. My DH is an activator, an achiever. Some of my strengths are ideation, intellection and input (collecting things – mainly information in my case). His main strengths are ‘doing’ kinds of things. Mine (maybe not surprisingly!) are the ‘thinking’ kind. Theoretically a great combination if we can get it together, but I don’t blame DH for being a little beyond believing that any of my ideas will actually come to fruition, let alone completion.

So that is why I’ve started this blog and I’m asking you to journey with me (us). I hope to finally see this dream - to reach beyond our nation of Australia - rise beyond the realm of my imagination and into reality. For that I need accountability. If I have that, I know I can do things. I don’t like it, but I know I thrive under pressure.

For various reasons, that I’m sure I’ll discuss as this blog meanders on (and not the least of which being that my older children soon won’t be children!), I really believe now is the time to stop thinking and talking about this, and to start acting. Please pray for us as we start exploring the options available to us that God will grant us wisdom and open and close the doors that will help lead us in the direction of our destiny.