Wednesday, August 19, 2009
New Blog Address
I have decided to create a new blog that will be more specific to our family and less oriented toward our mission work since we are currently not on the mission field. The new address will be: larsonjournal.blogspot.comI hope that you will visit the new site! --Elysia Larson
Monday, June 22, 2009
We're in Minnesota
We moved to Minnesota about a week ago. We are currently staying with Ethan's parents until God provides a job for Ethan and a home for us. Please email us if you would like our address and phone number.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Moving Soon
Our plans are to move to Minnesota the week after the kids get out of school here in Boise. We need to get there soon so that Ethan can look for a job. For those of you in Idaho who are reading this, please feel free to call us or see us before we leave. We attend the first service at church on Sunday mornings so can be seen there, or you may catch us at our house on Mornin Mist St. We will miss you all.
God is faithful.
God is faithful.
Monday, May 18, 2009
May 2009 Newsletter
Dear faithful friends and family:
In March we asked you to pray for us as we have been seeking God’s will and direction for our future. Thank you to all of you who spent time in prayer and fasting with us.
It has been a really hard month and a half for us. Several things have developed that we believe God has used to close the door for us to return to Ukraine for now. Many factors are involved in terms of our church, our vision, and our personal lives.
In March our leadership decided to make some changes in the way it oversees and supports us as missionaries, and after some discussion, we believe those changes are not going to work for us. We have considered some other support and sending organizations but after lots of prayer the Lord has not given us a clear vision and direction of how to move forward after these changes. Though our hearts’ desire is to serve there, it seems it is not God’s will for us at this time.
These changes have come after a year and a half of uncertainty and waiting, and in the past few months we have become more aware of how the stress and instability of this time has taken a toll on everyone in our family. This awareness has also been a factor in our decision. After lots of prayer and counsel we think it would be good to establish some stability and to work to strengthen everyone in our family.
These have been difficult decisions as our hearts and the direction of our lives have been in missions and in Ukraine for the past five years. The change in support and direction of ministry means that everything in our lives seems to be changing. We are thankful that God remains the same and that His purposes and plans and love for us remain.
Our present plan is to complete the school year here in Boise, and then most likely to move to Minnesota in order to be near our families. We ask that you pray for us to find adequate employment, a home, a church, and the care of our children. We hope to be able to continue to serve in the ministry and in teaching, so we are praying for an open door for that.
We are so humbled and unspeakably thankful for how you have prayed for us and supported us so generously over these past five years. We are very sad to see this effort come to an end. We pray that God would open a door for us to return to the mission field if that is His will in the future. We trust that the Lord has used our lives to help those we have served. Thank you for all you have given for Christ’s Kingdom. May you be eternally rewarded and may Christ be glorified. We will be transitioning in the next two months and will be ceasing our support through Calvary Chapel Boise after June.
Our email addresses remain the same.
May God be glorified.
With much love and thanks,
Ethan and Elysia Larson and family
P.S. If you are still interested in supporting missions in Ukraine and in the former Soviet Union we have a number of fruitful missionaries and ministries we can heartily recommend to you. Please contact us.
In March we asked you to pray for us as we have been seeking God’s will and direction for our future. Thank you to all of you who spent time in prayer and fasting with us.
It has been a really hard month and a half for us. Several things have developed that we believe God has used to close the door for us to return to Ukraine for now. Many factors are involved in terms of our church, our vision, and our personal lives.
In March our leadership decided to make some changes in the way it oversees and supports us as missionaries, and after some discussion, we believe those changes are not going to work for us. We have considered some other support and sending organizations but after lots of prayer the Lord has not given us a clear vision and direction of how to move forward after these changes. Though our hearts’ desire is to serve there, it seems it is not God’s will for us at this time.
These changes have come after a year and a half of uncertainty and waiting, and in the past few months we have become more aware of how the stress and instability of this time has taken a toll on everyone in our family. This awareness has also been a factor in our decision. After lots of prayer and counsel we think it would be good to establish some stability and to work to strengthen everyone in our family.
These have been difficult decisions as our hearts and the direction of our lives have been in missions and in Ukraine for the past five years. The change in support and direction of ministry means that everything in our lives seems to be changing. We are thankful that God remains the same and that His purposes and plans and love for us remain.
Our present plan is to complete the school year here in Boise, and then most likely to move to Minnesota in order to be near our families. We ask that you pray for us to find adequate employment, a home, a church, and the care of our children. We hope to be able to continue to serve in the ministry and in teaching, so we are praying for an open door for that.
We are so humbled and unspeakably thankful for how you have prayed for us and supported us so generously over these past five years. We are very sad to see this effort come to an end. We pray that God would open a door for us to return to the mission field if that is His will in the future. We trust that the Lord has used our lives to help those we have served. Thank you for all you have given for Christ’s Kingdom. May you be eternally rewarded and may Christ be glorified. We will be transitioning in the next two months and will be ceasing our support through Calvary Chapel Boise after June.
Our email addresses remain the same.
May God be glorified.
With much love and thanks,
Ethan and Elysia Larson and family
P.S. If you are still interested in supporting missions in Ukraine and in the former Soviet Union we have a number of fruitful missionaries and ministries we can heartily recommend to you. Please contact us.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Cell phone gone...
FYI...my cell phone fell out of my purse sometime yesterday and cannot be found. I have disconnected my phone number and can now be reached on Ethan's cell phone only.
Thanks!
--Elysia
Monday, April 13, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Be Thou My Vision
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;
Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.
High King of Heaven, my victory won,
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
Dallan Forgaill (translated from the Irish by
Mary E. Byrne, Versified by Eleanor H. Hull) taken from wikipedia.
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;
Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.
High King of Heaven, my victory won,
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
Dallan Forgaill (translated from the Irish by
Mary E. Byrne, Versified by Eleanor H. Hull) taken from wikipedia.
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