Here We Go...

We leave in 3 hours and 49 minutes.

Not that I'm counting or anything...

Strike that.

I am counting.

I have been for weeks.

I vividly remember waking up at 12:36 am one night, and the first thing that went through my head was, "Only 18 days until Nicaragua!"

And now the 18 days are over, and only 3 hours and 46 minutes remain.

Sheer joy, people.

Time to soak up the last few minutes with the littles before we leave, so keep us in your prayers, and I will try to keep the updates coming. (no promises:))

~Brittany 

The Aventure Begins...

It's totally a surreal, yet unreal time.

We leaving for mission training at 2pm tomorrow...

Let the adventures begin!!

 

I'm beyond excited, anticipating 16 days of total transformation and life change.

While living in the present, my motto is "Selah and Someday".

I've always loved the Hebrew word "Selah", meaning, "pause and remember".

I stop and remind myself of what God has done, and look forward to what God is doing and is going to do.

 

I was reminded today of how this all started for me..

That night at youth group where I got the clear, simple and confusing message.

"Go to Nicaragua."

I didn't know a thing about the country, and I knew nothing of missions there.

But, a couple months later, our youth group announced a missions trip there, and the rest is history.

 

Here's the short version of our trip:

Our adventure will begin tomorrow when we arrive in Raleigh for 3 days of intense training.

We will learn an 18 minute evangelistic drama to preform the cities of Nicaragua.

 

After 3 days in Raleigh, our team will fly out on 6 different planes (basically going 6 different directions, EEEK!).

But the end result will be the same when we end up in Nicaragua.

From there... well, we aren't quite sure. 

The detail we've been given are fuzzy, but that's alright. 

#flexibility. 

 

Prayers are needed, so keep 'em coming!

We appreciate you all so much, and be prepared for long update when we return.

Love you all!

 



Challenge and Triump

Kaden.

We love him, and we always will.

But that doesn't mean he's always easy.

 

2 years after coming home, I'd say Kaden's "honeymoon stage" has officially ended.

*sigh*

 

He is full of energy, full of potential, full of questions, and "whys?", armed and ready for arguments, and full of needs for explanations for everything...  Hence, my parents are exhausted. 

 

We don't know what's going on with our K.K.

Thankfully, though, we don't always need to know.  Challenging times will pass, and we'll become stronger because of them.

 

But even with our challenges, Kaden is pretty darn awesome.

Earlier this summer, we went with family to a race at the YMCA.

Everyone in the kid's racce took off and sprinted towards to finish.

 

 

 

Everyone but Kaden.

He's not one for rushing.  He likes to take his time and enjoy the journey.

He likes to have fun, he likes to go slow.

 

 

 

So he grinned and laughed and shouted his way down the road, and then...

He saw a little girl going very slowly.

So he turned to her and held her hand down as they walked the rest of the race together.

 

 

This sis was the proudest girl there that night.

So proud of my sweet brother, and so encouraged by glimpsing again the sweet heart he has.

We love out K.K., and we always will. 

 

 



Bloom Where You Are Planted

Today choose to BLOOM - where ever you are and whatever you're doing.

God has you right where you are for a reason.

Choose to BLOOM right there!