Sunday, July 31, 2011

Where are the Radostis going now???

Where are you all moving to? This is the age old question vocalized by almost every person we know. Let me make it easy for you all by answering it here: "It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going." Hebrews 11:8
That my friend, is your answer! That's what faith is all about! We have ideas that the Lord has put into our heart but ultimately we are waiting for His timing and release to carry out those plans.

Life has been pretty busy for us Radosti's this last week. You never really know how much you have, that is until you are getting rid of it! We started packing and cleaning everything a week ago believing that was enough time. I'm now thoroughly convinced that if we had started a month ago we would still not have had enough time. In fact, I believe if we started when we moved in a year ago...just kidding. Praise the Lord for good friends in the area who would come and help us pack, clean and move out of the kindness of their hearts. I know for a fact that if it wasn't for them, we'd either be losing our security deposit or signing another year lease!

So we've been doing not much other than working 24/7 with the exception of taking care of our basic health necessities and yet I still have a living room full of boxes! Tomorrow will be our last day to get everything completely out.

It's more emotional than I thought this time around. We've done this before, however; leaving everything and hitting the road without looking back but it's different this time. This was our first home in the ministry. Our bedroom was where our baby was born. This house was the longest time in a single place Rob and I have lived in as a married couple. I got a little teary eyed as one of my best friends Amanda took down the crib. I know our time here is finished. I have peace about moving on but it can still be a little emotional at times.




On a lighter note we are excited about what the future holds. We know God has big things in store. I asked a question on my facebook post last night. "Wondering why people limit themselves? What limits you?" I received a few different answers: money, lack of self esteem, past issues, etc... The real answer however is pretty much in the question. People limit themselves. There is nothing holding us back from our full potential. Money doesn't hold us back. We hold ourselves back because we don't truly believe He will provide for what He is calling us to do! Our self esteem doesn't hold us back. We hold ourselves back because we don't truly believe who we are in Him! Our past doesn't hold us back. We hold ourselves back because we don't believe that we are new creations and that all things have become new and old things are passed away! We hold ourselves back. We limit ourselves!
Let me rephrase that. We don't all limit ourselves. There is a generation of us who are rising up and stepping out believing everything God has said. We don't look at finances. We don't look at ourselves. We keep our eyes focused on Him and the prize! That is Rob, Titus and I. That could be you too!

- Millie


So thankful to all who came out and even drove hours to come help us! We are so blessed!





































































Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Bundle of Joy

We're pregnant!
For years we had lived by faith and the Lord had granted every desire of our hearts except one. Because I had been on so many medications in the past and I had severe anorexia and bulimia issues I was told that I might not be able to have children and after 3 years of trying, I almost started to believe them. Despite the world's report, in faith we would write letters to and make videos for our future baby.

While in Brazil during our Gospel Trafficking journey our hearts ached for a child. We prayed and petitioned the Lord for our baby and in just a few weeks we found out we had finally conceived! Finishing up our journey through the twenty-one nations, we joyfully prepared for our baby's arrival! By the time we made it back to the United States we were three months pregnant.

Pregnancy Photo Shoot 2010
Once again life was taking a turn for us. Now we were going from being a traveling married couple to a traveling family. The Lord called us to move from Pennsylvania to South Carolina to finish out my pregnancy and connect with some ministry friends! We fell so in love with the state and had so much fun living there and in just a few months time our baby was being born!

September 12, 2010
On the 12th of September 2010 our beautiful baby boy was born. We named him Titus Obadiah Radosti. Titus means "Honorable Protected Defender" and Obadiah means "Servant/Worshiper of Jehovah" So together it means "Honorable Protected Defender/Servant/Worshipper of Jehovah (God)" His initials are "TOR" Which means "Thunder" and "Dove" which "Dove" is a symbol used throughout the Bible to mean "Holy Spirit" so his initials mean "Holy Spirit Thunder" which is pretty powerful. Titus is one of the shortest books in the new testament of the Bible and he was a disciple of Paul and a Pastor who was used by God to bring correction to ungodly and legalistic people in his congregation and establish solid leadership within his church. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament and was a prophet that prophesied difficult words to the land of Edom for not backing Israel in their time of trouble. A verse for Titus particularly we picked out for him is Psalm 127:4
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Which is really significant in a lot of ways because arrows go where you point them - like in Proverbs 22:6 and where most people I've talked to see children as a burden, if you raise them right, they can be a powerful honorable weapon used by God to do great things in their life! Oh yeah - and Radosti means "Joy"!
Radosti Family Ministering 2010

So we spent the first 10 months of his life training him up in the ministry and once again God is calling us to a new season. What better time to start a blog? As we speak we are packing up our whole house and preparing to leave in just 4 days! Where are we going? We have no idea! We only know this: God will lead as He wills and we will follow!

                                               - Millie

Gospel Trafficking: Latin America

"Are you sure Lord?" was our response the first time hearing it. We had most definitely thought it was a crazy idea, however; we don't serve a generic God! What was our next step? Where to next? I mean, how much more faith could you need then to do what we were already doing? We had already been to bars, clubs and even places that had live porn shows to preach the Gospel and saw how God was touching the seemingly most hard hearted people we've ever met and now, well we were in for a totally different kind of adventure!

It all started on May 1st, 2009 we boarded the plane from Pennsylvania to California. There we would take a little time to visit some friends, see some tourist spots and scope out Tijuana, Mexico for some prayer time and declare the works of the Lord in Latin America. It would be the last of any vacation time we would get for quite a while! The atmosphere in Tijuana was rough. As soon as we crossed the border the first thing said to us was, "Get over on your side Gringos or I will kill you!" In the short time we were there we ran into some very dangerous situations and the Lord protected us from harm. We returned to California later that day to find in the news that four young people around our age had been beheaded and their heads were found in coolers in Tijuana. Our hearts broke as we realized the serious need in the nation and even more than being faced with fear, we were moved by compassion. That's when we knew we were ready.

Our plane landed in Brownsville, Texas on May 16th, 2009. It was morning yet as we headed toward the border. We knew that once we crossed over there would be two endings to our story. The first would be that we complete our journey through every country in Latin America preaching the Gospel and living on raw faith, or we would not return.

We didn't have enough money to make it through the 21 nation journey, no. We did not even have enough to make it past but a few cities in Mexico but we never let money determine our obedience to what He has called us to do. So we strapped on our backpacks, jumped into a taxi that took us toward Matamoros, Mexico. Many had warned us how dangerous it was what we were doing. Many people told us how we could get kidnapped, hurt and killed (especially in the taxis). Even family members yelled back at us "You're crazy! You're gunna die!" There comes a point when you know what the Lord has said to you and even if everyone comes against you, you have to press forward! That's why it's the narrow way that we are supposed to take. It's also the narrow way that few people find.

Through every country though we had difficult times and times of enjoyment. There were times of rest and times where we were working so hard that the Holy Spirit would urge us to leave a place, and by doing so our lives were spared from disaster. It was the most intense times of our lives but we saw God reach thousands of people! We are ever thankful for the blessing of the Lord on that journey and everyone who supported it!

- Millie

Here I will share some photos of our journey:


       
Mexico


  
Belize

       
Guatemala
















        
El Salvador

  
Honduras














 
Nicaragua
























































































































 
Costa Rica







 
Panama







  
Crossing the Darien Jungle by boat


































        
  

Colombia






Venezuela




 
Guyana


        
Suriname

  
French Guiana


Ecuador



Peru


Bolivia





 
Chile


Paraguay



  
Brazil

























Argentina





Uruguay







Our actual route: