Purpose

2.5 hrs into our trip...
Micah:"Do you know what would be really cool?"
Caleb: (without any hesitation)..."silence!"
Now that's Zurbriggen travel at its best!...we're THE BOMB! Only 57 more hours in the van!!! Whoop! Whoop!

To most we sound like just another American family letting loose on one of many family vacations. I must preface all of this blogging with, I am not here to record just the “life and times of Zurbriggen family vacay”. I hope to leave you with thoughts, mine, my family’s and perhaps some of your own. Let me tell you, we have been on A RIDE. Nothing overly interesting for most, but one that is being used by God to overhaul our lives. The details that brought us to this point will be left unmentioned. Let’s just say the Lord has brought us to a magnificent CROSSROADS  of NAVIGATING our future...He has left us , not alone, but with a great confidence that He will lead us as we say, “Now what?” It is definitely a humbling ROAD, a JOURNEY UNDISCOVERED. I am so emphatically thankful that He is the best NAVIGATOR for our life and I wouldn’t VENTURE DOWN the PATH OF TRUSTWORTHY OBEDIENCE without Him.  It is well with my soul, not because we are on vacation, but because of the One who intimately knows me and exponentially loves me! So this is where I will attempt to faithfully record all that He does in us, through us and beside us as we JOURNEY with Him in Canada. Here are my disclaimers: It is my goal to relentlessly pursue Christ and make Him my only SATISFACTION, so this will not be a recount of the happy Z-force frolicking through the mountains and valleys of vacationland. It will be an account of a Holy God interacting with an unskilled, ordinary family through unchartered territory. No lie.  I got no navigating skills. We have never gone anywhere as a family beyond Brandon, Missouri. You will experience a whole lotta hills and valleys from our life and trip as we go along. So I don’t blame you if this sounds unspeakably boring and you just decide to exit now. But if there is even one soul who is fascinatingly intrigued by the God of the Universe and how He chooses to grace us with HIS PRESENCE, then stay tuned...not to my life here, but what He has and is for YOU. May this trip be one that invites you into the RIDE of your life, filled with joy, laughter, wittiness, question, pondering, sorrow and tears, selflessness and perseverance but absolutely no fear, no turning back and more satisfaction in Him than any of us could ever imagine...