Giving glory to God

So on April 19th, 2010 - we were "supposed" to leave for Mozambique. I say "supposed" because that was OUR plan. One thing I have learned is that no matter what, God always has the last word. It's just better that way anyway ;)

So we were all packed, but then there was a volcano. And a whole lot more things, but I'll spare you the details. I was disappointed. I wanted to go. I begged God to give me joy in this situation. I BEGGED Him. Then I took out my Bible on the porch outside. Being outside always makes me smile, and reading Scriptures seamed more than appropriate! God gave me nice weather to make me smile again and blessed me in His Word. He covered me with hope, with joy, with peace. I have never been more sure that I was in His will about this whole Mozambique thing than now. I trust Him, rest in Him and He has given me joy. We will get there when we'll get there. Currently it looks like we'll leave tomorrow, but you won't hear me make that a for sure claim :)

And the funniest thing is how Raph is OBLIVIOUS to the whole thing. Really, he has LOVED to have all kinds of suitcases to climb on this week.

Pray also that his cold wouldn't get worse. He is currently quite congested and we hope and pray the flights and trip there won't be too hard on him.

THANKS for praying, the LORD is so good to us.

Less than 24 hours............ YET???

So to go or not to go is still the question.......  The last update: April 18th, 16:45 UTC (meaning 12:45 our time) said that No Lufthansa flights worldwide until Monday, April 19th, 12:00 UTC and our flight with them leaves @ 10:00 p.m.  They MAY or MAY NOT have resumed flights by then.  Either way, the airports will be extremely busy, there will be awful backlog, and we may or may not miss one of our connection due to the delay.  Either way, we ask you to pray that we keep our attitude positive through this all, at home, at the airport, or wherever!  

ALSO, if you know anyone living in Chicago, please let us know as we MIGHT end up getting "stuck" there for a while and would appreciate knowing someone who could get us out of the airport with all our luggage!


On a "funnier" note (although he didn't think it was funny), Raph totally HIT himself in the face with one of the bathroom's drawer and now has a nice dark blue spot under his eyes... and it bled...  So now we will be the family traveling with the kid who looks beaten!!  Sounds promising for customs eh?  haha.  Following that "incident" he decided to grab his whole cereal bag and pour it all over the kitchen....  So now I have a big mess to clean, but no way I can do that until he goes to bed.  So much for last minute packing :)  Did I mention how much I love being a mom??!!  :)

4 days................

Here is where I'll try my first blog about Mozambique.

For more information you can always check out our friend's blog @ http://www.rickandheather.blogspot.com/

We will spend one month with this wonderful little family.  Please keep us all in your prayers.

Looks like our flights are now confirmed, minus a few issues with the reservation code, but it should be good to go. Mike and I have different codes for SOME of the flights so we hope this doesn't cause any problems and looks weird/confusing at the airport. Your prayers are appreciated!

This trip will be long, especially with Raphael :) We ask that you pray for safety, easy border crossing and a happy baby. May Mike and I keep our attitude positive towards each other as that can be hard to do when traveling like this. May we be a blessing to those around us as we get to talk to people at the airport, in the plane and tell them about our trip.

We praise the Lord about the finances that came in so far, we are indeed so bless!

We ask you to pray that our health will be good, and that we will find it in us to praise the Lord in sickness too!

We ask you to pray that our Lord would see fit to use us in whatever way and that we would be found willing to be used, even when it's not comfortable!

Pray that our bodies adjust to the hot weather and that we could manage to get some sleep :D

So we leave Monday for Mozambique and I have mixed feelings about it.  People are asking: Are you nervous, scarred, excited, .......  I'd say a healthy mixture of it all :D  

My suitcases look like like a Ziploc promotion campaign, but that's the way I roll.

Prayers would be appreciated for patience with our beautiful son.  He has a way to get "under my skin" with his perpetual stubbornness: Not sleeping through the night being the main one!  Naps are a battle and that is what gets me "worried" on this trip.  So please pray that if nothing else, I'll have loads of extra patience :)  

Praise God for the 2 amazing friends who stopped by this morning to bring me gifts of encouragement, the Lord is sustaining me and bringing me comfort.  

Thanks for reading!

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