Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid, for the Lord thy God, He doth go with me, He will not leave me nor forsake me. Deuteronomy 31:6

T minus 12 days and counting! WOW! My nerves are starting to kick in... yet still very excited. All preparations are complete except of course the packing, which can be a story in itself! I'll let you know how that one goes... I do know this, it's not exactly what I'm accustomed to. Who knew going to Africa would cause me to go out and get dresses!!! I was told by our project leader that Ugandan people, as a whole, "dress for success". (not the t-shirt and flip flop kinda girl I am) We have since found out we will depart out of New Orleans, then to Detroit, Amsterdam then finally Entebee, Africa! It will be about a 20 hour flight, not including lay-overs! JET LAG here we come!

We have the most amazing church ever... VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. They are truly our family and just as one would, has come together to support Koone and I in every way possible. We love you and cannot thank you enough! Not to go without saying our own family and friends as well. We continue to ask for your prayers. Along with saying the above prayer myself... I need peace and comfort as we leave our boys to make this trip. I am with them 24/7, this will be difficult for me. We also ask prayer for those keeping the boys: Koone's mom and dad, Sherry and Rusty, will be keeping Wes, seeing that he gets to and from school; and my mom, Debbie, will keep Beau. And lastly, pray for our safety, God's protection, for us and our family. Thank you all, we couldn't do this without you! But let the glory be to God, Jesus Christ our Savior.

For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. Hebrews 6:12

So I just finished creating this "blog", and let me tell you, if I weren't a christian woman! : ) So as of now, as preparations for the trip are underway: plane tickets have been purchased, passports in the mail, immunizations yet to be administered; we "patiently" wait. Departure is set for October 2nd. Every morning I catch myself looking at the calendar, at the current day, and then skimming down to 10/2. At this point the excitement is difficult to contain. Koone and I find ourselves talking about it in all our conversations, but he says he doesn't want to get too emotionally caught up in it, afraid the results might disappoint. (We are secretly hopeful that the Lord wants us in Uganda.) But me... I'm completely emotional! My heart is full of joy! Thank you God for this amazing opportunity to serve you!!!