The foremost desire of my life is to be at the center of God's will. Too often I fail. It is very easy to put my desires before the heart of God. I keep learning and relearning that ultimately God's will for our lives is the only way we can live and know fulfillment.
I accepted this call to provincial service with deeply conflicting feelings. Leaving home and family for almost four months is not only a sacrifice for me, but a huge sacrifice for them. However, I sensed that God was opening this door for a reason. I suspected that the reason had more to do with what God would teach me than with what I would teach my students.
Still early in my tenure, I can already discern God's presence guiding me into a new place in my life. Outside the realm of the familiar, God is opening the world of new possibilities, new understandings, and renewed commitment. Without a doubt I will be able to look back upon this time and affirm with God that it was the right place at the right time.
I am not sharing my experience with you because of anything innately interesting about me. Rather, my hope is that we may all see God's hand working in a way that becomes meaningful in our own journeys. It is with that hope that I invite you to come along to Alaska with me!
Serving those who serve,
Jeff Littrell
