Jane Werkema had lived in the same town for 33 years. She and her husband, Tom, who worked for Dow Chemical, had talked about going into full-time Christian work when their children were grown, and now the time had come. They were accepted for work in the Philippines, so they sold their home and packed nine boxes of things to take with them. "It finally hit me," Jane said. "We really were leaving. I just cried. But right then, God showed me that because He loved me so much, Jesus left His home. Now I was leaving my home so that others could know Him. I realized that what I was leaving was nothing in comparison. That changed me."
Jane, who had raised six children in the home she left behind, found her hospitality skills put to use managing the guest house in Manila. The 76-bed facility (with 26 guest rooms and a local staff of 11) was a "home away from home" for personnel coming in from village assignments. Jane probably never thought during the raising of a large family that God was building into her the skills she would need to be a great guest house manager. What might God be preparing you for?