Our trip to Kenya...
Feels like we've been dreaming a long time about this.
Feels like we've been planning a long time...
Truth is, we have...
It's been over a year since we began raising our money,

 we made sandwiches...and soup...

and sold it in the neighborhood...well, the children did:)

  we sold Nicaraguan coffee,

 we had a yard sale...

and we saved our pennies and put them in a jug...

but, mostly the Lord blessed us with a profitable year 

and we were able to set aside dollars for our 'Africa Fund'

And here we are....

excitement at an all time high as shopping is done, and totes are sealed,

and carry ons lay open, waiting with the lists nearby.

and the momma wonders if she will be able to remember it all....

as butterflies struggle to lay dormant in her insides...

the globe is there, with the wide ocean that separates the continents...

thoughts of a big bird carrying her most beloveds

to a world that is all new...

and then she remembers they won't be traveling alone,..

the One who HOLDS IT ALL...in His HAND...will be there....

and she remembers the friends that await at the airport...

and the hugs, and the coffee, and the conversations...

and she smiles again, and the butterflies rest...

Pray for us, would you?

for our immune systems

for momma's tooth (nothing is too small to pray about, right?)

for God Almighty to be glorified through our family as we travel