Home again

I returned home from my travels last night. I think I fell to sleep in about 2.5 seconds last night and I awoke at 4 a.m., finally giving up the thought of going back to sleep at 4:30 a.m. and crawled out of bed.

We had great meetings in Turkey and I had a wonderful time with my mom and my sister, Becky, in Holland and Germany. We definitely built a lot of great memories in our time together. My friends wedding was beautiful and it was just so fun to be able to be her witness in the Catholic church of Germany.

It was also a great time of relaxation for all of us. My mom really needed the time away and even though she came home exhausted, she was also refreshed to continue as the caregiver for my dad. She commented many times how she felt God was really filling her with his presence.

I'm ready to conquer the rest of the packing for our return to Moldova. That says that relaxation happened!

So today please pray:
1. That my mom would continue to feel the presence of God in her life and with her as she deals with my dad. Daily we face new challenges with his deteriorating health and physically and emotionally it is so much for my mom. Please pray for her, Evelyn.

2. For all the details of packing. There is still so much to do. It is absolutely overwhelming and at times we look around and don't even know where to start. Please pray that God gives us clarity in the packing in the next week.

3. For the details of shipping. Shipping a container is so complicated when it is something you've never done in your life! It is also complicated shipping into Moldova. Will you pray that we can get the rest of the details worked out in the next few days and that we can get this done and ready to go?

We are excited about our return to Moldova in about 6 weeks. It is hard to believe the time is already here and we are excited about it. Blessings.