Sacrifice?

We are staying with Jeremy and Amy, a wonderful couple living near Shasta Dam. We are still finding spaces and places for all of our stuff. It is not easy to downsize from a 4 bedroom house that we have lived in for 20+ years to a 10 x 11 room, but we are determined and our host family has been very helpful.
Patty and I have been able to take in some of the local sites. The Sundial bridge is quite an amazing piece of art+engineering. We recommend it. Today we went to Burney Falls. The falls are up in the mountains. Lots of trees! Very pretty! We took the trail down to the base of the falls and enjoyed the cool air that the falls provide.



Here is a picture of local wild life. We found this guy sunning himself so we made it a photo-op! Unfortunately another
hiker came along and startled him...poof! Snake gone! Patty and I were wondering if we did the same thing to our financial future...POOF! GONE! Two middle aged people quiting our jobs and moving a few hundred miles away to attend a school which is run by a church that is non-accredited, does not use professional teachers and has a constantly shifting curriculum!! Na, it's all good! We haven't given up very much at all! Missionaries in the old days would sell everything and use their last bit of money to ship themselves overseas with no way back! Now that is commitment! In many parts of the world, just converting to Christianity would mean you were disowned by your family and in danger of losing your life! Think about Jesus. He gave everything up He had in heaven to come down to earth! He put on human skin, humbled Himself to the point of limiting Himself to what a mortal man could do! Then He suffered unspeakable pain and shame to save the very people who turned against Him! Now THAT is sacrifice! That is selling it all for the cause! This small inconvenience we are going through is not very big or noble compared with what Jesus did for us!!