"Click or wait"?

"Click or wait" adequately summarizes my thoughts last Saturday morning as I prepared to book our tickets on Delta.com for our move to Germany. Ever since the AWM asked us to come for a three year ministry and we were approved by Liebenzell USA to raise support, we have been preparing for this moment. Why the hesitation? For one, in order to go somewhere new, one must leave behind something familiar and comfortable. We have been the last eight years in Dallas and have come to know this community and love and care for our friends here. To go means to maintain these ties in a new way while trying to establish other ones elsewhere--a worthwhile, though hard task. Second, we still have a lot to do. When we moved here we came with a car load of stuff from the Northwest and seven boxes sent from Germany. Eight years and three kids later, despite a weeding out process we still have a lot to sort and sell--not to mention the plethora of other details associated with moving anywhere. Third, one always wonders if it is the "right" time. Are we really ready? The wisdom here clearly does not come from within. God gives wisdom and counsel through revealed Scripture, trusted voices (such as church and mission board), and circumstances. In our case, the alignment of the latter two that does not contradict the first, seems to indicate that this is the way forward. Does this mean 100% certainty. It never will. It is only as we go step by step that God unfolds the details of a plan in which we only play a small part. So, with this in mind: "click."