Details, Details

Time certainly flies! Christi and I are getting prepared for our trip! We are believing God has great plans to reveal more about Himself to us while we are there, and know that we will be excited to bring it back home to share with our church family and friends!

If you are praying for us, we cannot tell you how important that is to us. So we want to share a few things with you. 

This coming weekend we have a pre-trip meeting with our team that is heading over and with the group that we will meet up with our last couple of days! So we are excited to see what new information we will discover. 

We are heading out March 8th for Israel and return home on the 16th! With all of the weather changes in the states, we are praying that it will all let up as we have have a layover in Chicago on our way to Israel and only a 2 hour window to make our connection in Istanbul before we get on our plane to Tel Aviv. 

We are thankful for family that will be caring for our kiddos while we are gone! Please be praying for a joyful week for them and a safe reunion with everyone.

As a dad, the thought of being thousands of miles from my kiddos is a lot! At first, it challenged my trust in the Lord. Did I trust Him enough to keep them safe, and Christi and I, to take this trip? Even reading it, I know is sounds a little silly. I have been out of the country on mission trips, but only once when Christi wasn't with them, and that time only for a few days. Even then, it was only a 2 1/2 hour flight home. So this was a big step! Then the Lord started throwing verses into my remembrance. I must choose Him over my children or I am not worthy. Be anxious for nothing, but with thanksgiving, bring my requests before the Lord. If  He cares for the birds and flowers how much more does He care for me, and my family...In other words He reminded me that I am the untrustworthy one in our relationship and that they were in better hands with Him than me! 

God is good, Really Good! 

***big praise by the way- we just switched cell phone carriers and our phones will work with data and texting for free while we are out of the country! So we will be able to report daily what God is revealing to us!  --- 8 hour time difference from Texas though, so if you text us while we are gone...make sure that it isn't the middle of the night for us!***