off on an adventure!

I can’t believe it’s here.  Tomorrow morning Eric and I will leave the girls in the loving and capable hands of my parents and siblings and fly to South Asia. We’ll be joined by two good friends: a Japanese church member, Keiko and a team member who works with Eric at school, Andrew. We’ll meet up with our MTW Asia director and one of our dearest friends from college, who just arrived on this mission field for a two year term.

There has been so much that has led up to this trip, and it has been truly amazing to watch the Lord lead and direct, and move in our hearts.  This is a vision trip so we are going to explore the possibility of becoming long-term missionaries there after seminary.  We’re praying for hears that are open to hearing God’s voice as we see and experience a life and ministry unlike anything we have ever even come remotely close to.

I would love to share more, but it is late and we have to leave early.  Plus, my glasses are broken and I already took out my contacts, so I can’t see this screen to save  my life.  I have to pull the computer real close every few minutes to make sure I am typing what I want to type

Anyway, please be praying specifically for these things:

~Our family as we are apart.  I feel like I may stop breathing when I think about about saying goodbye to my babies tomorrow morning.  I know they will have a fabulous time at Baba and Gigi’s house (Noa has been talking about it for weeks!), but It is literally painful for Eric and I to be leaving them.  Pray that we would trust God with them and be able to focus on the purpose of this trip.

~Safety.  We’re not going to the most politically stable country, and there are also significant risks for physical illness.  We have taken a ton of precautions and will continue to do so, but please pray that ultimately the Hand of God would be our protection, especially for my body and little one  inside.

~Vision.  This is a vision trip so please pray that God would use this to broaden our scope of what he is doing worldwide, and that he would be gracious in revealing his specific will for each of the members of our group.  Please pray that we would come back with much to share with our church family about how God is building his kingdom.

Thank you! Can’t wait to share with you what we sea and learn!

Our family at the park this evening having "Super Family Fun Night"

Tags: Missions, Prayer Requests