It's Time!

I've been meaning to blog as we prepare to make our first trip, but this place has been a madhouse of activity.  Now, all preparations must stop where they are because we leave tomorrow!  We are very excited, anxious, and nervous all at once.  The boys want their new brother and sister to come home, but they don't want us to go.  We are a strange lot in that Tim and I have never gone away overnight before.  Oh, the boys have spent the night at Memaw's without us, but we've always been about 5-10 minutes away.  This is new on SO many levels.

We came up short on our fundraising as you can see.  About $8000 short.  AND it seems our original estimate may have been low.  Whatever.  We are on this journey with a fixed purpose in mind.  God is going to provide.  I don't know when, and I don't know how, but I know He is trustworthy.

We have the house being looked after.  The kids are being looked after.  The gifts are purchased and packed.  We have plenty to do on the plane.  We have the right number of luggage pieces and currently come in underweight.  We have our reservations and itinerary.  I left school work for the kids.  We have Memaw ready to Skype.  (That means I set up a webcam for her and showed Colton how to use it.  hee hee)  I think we just have to actually GO now.

Please pray for our journey.  We are still a little nervous (but more excited than before) about our first plane trip.  Pray for Colton and Eli who are sad to see us go.  Pray for our mothers as they worry about us.  Pray for the officials we will encounter that we will find favor with them.  Pray that we don't mess up being in a different culture with a different language.  Pray that the kiddos are ready to accept us.  They do not know that we are coming or even that they have been matched.  I so hope they show excitement at the thought of becoming part of our family.  I hope they are a little sad to see us go but excited about our return to get them.  Pray even that we have free wifi where we are staying so we can Skype the boys every night.

I hope to blog while we are gone because I know how much I have enjoyed reading this part of other people's blogs.  We'll see what kind of wifi is available where we stay.  A LOT depends on that.