20 Days...Where Has the Time Gone?

With less than 3 weeks to go, last minute preparations are being made and our excitement continues to grow.  Because of the greatness that we know is going to happen while we are in Africa, this last month has been one of the hardest months of our lives.  So many things have happened that no one saw coming and that have completely thrown us for a loop.  It is hard to sit back knowing that we will have to leave our families and the situations that they are going through.  It's hard to persevere and keep going forward when you're exhausted and all you really want to do is go sit in the corner and cry.  However... we know that our God is greater. Period.  We hold on to the Scripture that states that when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Lord will raise up a standard against him.  We know that despite how hard it is to leave our families that God will honor the sacrifice that we make.

 We know with all our hearts that this is what God has called us to do.  We actually found a letter that I had written to Jordan 2 years ago while I was away at college.  I had gone on a mission trip to Haiti that year and in the letter I had asked Jordan to pray for me because I was seriously considering my future as a missionary.  It is so completely awesome to see all that God has done in those two years!  How far He has brought both Jordan and I and how even then He was working on me about what we would do in the future.
 I am so incredibly grateful for Jordan who willingly lays his life down and who refuses to settle for anything less that the best of what God has for us.  I cannot begin to describe the impact he has had on me. He is truly a blessing. (Seriously!  If you haven't met him you're missing out!)

Once again we want to thank everyone who has helped us financially and those who have prayed for us.  Geez-a-loo you guys impress me! We are so thankful and words cannot express our gratitude.

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? ”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”