Ready Set GO!

So, you may wonder how we got to this point-- taking our family of 7 to another country. . . I guess you could say it all started as seeds.

Years ago, when I spent 4 months in India, my heart was softened towards missions (though I alway said I'd never bring my kids overseas). Years later, when Kim was able to spend time in Mexico on a mission trip, his heart was drawn towards missions as well. However, any hopes of going anywhere were quickly put on the back burner as we focused on caring for our growing family.

A few years ago our family was asked to consider moving to Uganda and work in a babies home. While it ultimately wasn't what God had at the time, something shifted in our family's heart. After countless hours of prayer and consideration, we knew that God was drawing us to missions as a family. We really didn't know how that would look, but knew it was happening. I guess you could say that God put us "in gear" for missions.

A couple more years passed and Kim and I went on our cruise and tied in a mini mission trip along the way (which was the highlight of our entire trip). We knew then that we would be back to Mexico somehow with our entire family (now this was speaking in faith, as our family income for 7 is under $40,000 a year).

Within a month of returning home, our family had a part time "job" that has essentially funded our trip to Mexico. For 3 years we worked every Saturday or Sunday setting up chairs and watched our "missions fund" slowly grow. I had a number in my head of what we would need to go on a missions trip, and this summer, we reached it, as the door opened for us to go on this adventure.

I have to say that it's one of the most exciting (and scariest) moments of my life. It's one thing to step out unfaithful for yourself, but it's a completely different story to step out with your while family--we are taking our faith to a whole new level! It's now under a month till we leave and we are continuing to trust God for every need. Our prayer is that our whole family will be drawn to what God's heart it for our family and each individual in our family. We appreciate your prayers as we embark on this adventure!