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I mentioned earlier that my daughter, Gaubri, and I plan to go on a mission trip in March with a group from Faith Community Church so I wanted to share more details.
The trip will be 10 days and 9 nights in Chalchuapa, El Salvador, March 8-17th. We plan to have a vacation Bible school, do door-to-door evangelism, build a home for a church family that lost their home in a typhoon, and spend some time in a music ministry as we serve a church in Chalchuapa.
This is the timeline we were given in December:
TIMETABLE – This is a best estimate of the next 13 weeks:
- Immediate – Passport secured DONE!
- 12/19/11 or before – Prayer / financial support letters out 1/2 DONE
- 01/11/12 – Team meeting after Wednesday service / El Salvador pics / Q & A LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, MATT GRECO IS IN EL SALVADOR THIS WEEK SO HE WILL HAVE MORE INFO TO SHARE WITH US DURING THIS MEETING.
- 01/15/12 – $400 EACH deposit due – We’ll buy tickets after we have this deposit!
- 01/29/12 – Team meeting / covered dish dinner – Time and place TBA
- 02/12/12 – $500 EACH payment due
- 02/29/12 – Team meeting after Wednesday service
- 03/04/12 – $600 EACH (balance) payment due
- 03/07/12 – Wednesday Night dedication of El Salvador team
- 03/08/12 – Leave for El Salvador!
I am super excited for the opportunity to go and serve in El Salvador and be a part of this team. I am also so grateful for the chance to take Gaubri to experience another culture and expand her view of the world, I think she will come back with a much better appreciation of how very blessed she is.
Please pray for all of us as we prepare and if you feel led to contribute to the trip you can make donations through Faith Community Church.
Gaubri plays with the Faith Christian Academy Knights. They had a nail biter game in Grandview last night. A spectator behind me said “that’s a good team.” A lot of hard work from players and coaches has reaped reward!
Outside in Kansas City~Sunny and 37 degrees. We have been enjoying record highs lately and the forecast predicts 60 degree weather again this week!
I am thinking~that I would like to blog on a regular basis this year. I am also hoping to start training for a 5k and am entering into a new discipleship relationship. Excited about new things in 2012.
I am thankful for~family time over the holidays. It was such a blessing to have all our children and grandchildren with us on Christmas. I know there will be years that this can’t happen so I truly appreciate it.
In my kitchen~I am planning to eat from the current fridge, freezer and pantry offerings this week. It will help to clear things out before they go bad and save some money after the Christmas spending. After that I am planning to try out Once a Month Mom’s real food challenge and the Whole Food’s Menu.
I am wearing~My new fleece pullover from Land’s End, Jeans, Nike’s.
Last creative endeavor~is to regularly entertain, distract, and care for a nine month old 
Sleeping Sweetie!
I am going~to travel to El Salvador with a group from Faith Community Church for 10 days in March. My daughter, Gaubri, will be going too. We are very excited about going to serve others and share the love of Christ.
Gaubri
Can’t wait for~tomorrow, every day is a new adventure. Longer term I am looking forward to a trip to Europe in spring 2013, Lord willing.
Family News~We are down to five people at our house right now. Our foster son who has been with us since last January transitioned to his new home the day before Thanksgiving. He is being adopted by a family member who really loves him so this is a great ending for our placement with him. We really need prayer about future placements, if, who, when, we take in more children. Initially we were just focused on having a “break” and even though we have gotten several calls about placements we have told everyone that is what we are doing. We still have our foster daughter, and she is spending three nights a week with her birth mom so we are in a very doable place right now. Unfortunately (or fortunately) that internal nudging that there is such a need and the constant reminder from the calls and the postings looking for placements on the foster care email loop keep me pondering what our next step should be.
Current Read~I am starting Feminine Threads: Women in the Tapestry of Christian History by Diana Lynn Severance.
I am hearing~The hum of the computer, Brent took Gaubri and Shakur to basketball practice and baby D is taking a nap.
I am hoping~to keep the household organized with a new app I purchased for my Iphone called Motivated Moms 2012. It also comes in printable versions and breaks household tasks down into daily lists, similar to the old card system that the Sidetracked Executives used or Flylady without the deluge of emails.
Around the house~the dead Christmas tree has been taken to the woods and the living room is back to normal. The house seems very empty and quiet after the holiday invasion…
Simple pleasure~quiet time to blog and meal plan.
