Done, Finished............

Hello friends and family! I am writing to praise our awesome God who is so good and so gracious that no words can comprehend. My trip is paid for, in full, even the shots! I am so humbled, so honored by God's grace in all of this and His smile of confirmation that this is in fact His will is felt. I cannot thank you enough for your prayers and financial support. You have no idea what they have done to build my faith and rock my world with what GENEROUS friends we have been blessed with having.

I told Jeremy today that at this point it still feels very far off and unreal, but I am certain the time will start flying as it always does. You know that feeling, when you are excited about something and it seems as though it will never get here, and then it gets here way too quickly and you are scared to death and want time to stop. I know all of that is coming. So for now, my shots happen in the morning, not exactly looking forward to that, but "it will only sting for a minute". Also, I have Cross' schedule all squared away for the 9-10 days I will be gone so that feels glorious! Please do pray for that sweet baby and his very sweet daddy as I am gone. Pray that the Lord will bless their time so much that they won't even care that I am gone! I know Jeremy can hold down the fort better than me even, but I just fight the feelings of guilt that my sweet baby will not have his mommy for that long. How ironic that with those feelings I will be going to visit babies that may not even know the feeling of having a mommy. Oh how that grips my heart.

Also, just an adoption FYI for all of you out there who have read my family blog and the desires of our hearts in regards to possibly adopting, there will be an agent with us the entire time.......................I just can't seem to get that God detail out of my mind! So for now, I think that is all I have to share. Several of you have mentioned that you had wanted to give and you certainly still can. Any money that is raised above the initial cost estimate will be used for any unforeseen extras or as a gift to the orphanages we will be visiting. Here is that link if you are interested https://www.visitingorphans.org/donations/donate.aspx

One last thing before I get off, I have this deep burning desire to build a relationship in Ethiopia for returning trips. I think God is birthing something in me that involves long term partnership with someone or some organization there. I would love nothing more than to have a place where we could always go and serve and where we could be a long term blessing, not just a short. Ok, I'll go now. I have a million details that really need to be penned. I feel like there are so many God details that I don't even know where to start. What a ride our Jesus offers, one with too many details to even share. He is so personal dear friends. Please never settle for less! I love you all dearly!

We're goin to Ethiopia,
Kelly