They are there!

I was almost beginning to think Josh was really gonna wait until tonight to let me know they arrived there safely. Until I remembered to check my email.......aah there it was an email at 12:06 sent from the Blackberry. I seemed to forget he would be mostly emailing me instead of texting or calling because of prices. He said it was smooth flying and even earlier than they thought as they landed in the DR. They have now made it to the hotel they are staying at tonight. I guess they have lots of time to plan what they will be doing tomorrow and go through supplies.

In the air!!

They left out this morning with no problems. I guess you can consider it no problems when at least one of your 19 men miss their flight. Hopefully he can catch up! They were in Atlanta at around 6:54 this morning and then boarded and ready for Santo Domingo at 8:20am. As you can guess Josh updates me with texts and calls just like he does most of you with emails and such. I'm sure he will let me know when they get there so I'll update later.

Ready to go!

It's amazing what people will do in as little as 3 to 4 days. People have been so giving in every area of this trip. We spent the afternoon packing bags full of supplies that never seemed to end. There were bottles of Tylenol, tooth paste, hand sanitizer, bandages, medicine, crackers, school supplies and that's just some of the items. There were tons of alcohol swabs, IVs and syringes. So... with all the bags packed and ready to go the guys will be at the church in the morning 3:30am packing church vans full. Their flight is scheduled to leave at 6:00am but I don't want to say a specific time they're to arrive in case it's thrown off a bit. Nerves must not be bothering Josh a bit. Sound asleep snoring like a baby. By the way he does feel a little better due to someone bringing a toilet seat. (at least he has somewhere to sit and go!) Please be in prayer for each one of these guys!

Brian Bacola, Scott Ronyak, Jeremy Sanders, Wesley Templeton
Richard Bradley, Ronnie Sanders, Mark Turner
Mark Faulkner, Jim Shaw, Josh Moody
Mark Fisher, Brett Simmons, Heath Kyle
Roy Gilbert, Alex Sisson, Jeff Kuespert, Jimmy Sitton

"He will shield you with his wings. He will shelter you with his feathers. His faithful promises are your armor and protection." Psalm 91:4 (NLT)

Change....

There has been lots of change taking place in our home for quite a while. God has great plans for us and its crazy sometimes to see how they unfold. I know I haven't posted in a long time...... you will find in the next week or two I will be posting quite a bit. As Josh gets ready to leave for Haiti on Sunday we are getting very anxious about his arrival into a very cursed land. God tells us that he is exactly where he is supposed to be. Every part of this trip has been laid out so perfect! We have had help from so many people and know that it was a God thing. My heart has been CHANGED by many things lately not only by this tragic event in Haiti. For example....my heart is wide open to orphans and I never thought I would even think about adoption much less consider it. But I wonder if God puts things(earthquakes) in our lives so that we will wake up and CHANGE!! Change the world one person for Him. With the Gospel and with His love we can do anything! Thanks guys for going to change the world one person at a time for the Glory of the Lord!

Our Beach Vacation!

We are back from the 2 weeks we spent at the beach. It was so nice just to sit back and relax...oh I'm sorry did I say relax, I meant to say just be at the beach! Just kidding it was a great time and my girls were really good for me. They played until they couldn't play anymore. Of course they found a new friend everyday which really helped me out. The weather couldn't have been more perfect and the water was pretty much beautiful. You name it, we did it. We spent time in Seaside eating ice cream, playing on the grass, blowing bubbles, and listening to music. I love to see my kids having fun and that's what they did. I have spent the 4th of July at the beach every year for the past 10 years maybe more at the beach with some of the same friends and now family (except the year I was pregnant with Ella & Avery) and it couldn't be any better!