WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING! YIPPPEEEE!!

It's been a long month of no news. We were anticipating having my passport in our hands almost a month ago, and up until midnight last night didn't really know whether this trip would actually be happening. We finally heard news from our precious friend in Namibia that he had personally dropped my passport off at FedEx and that it should be in our hands by Tuesday of next week. HOLY COW! So now we start to process...and think...and plan...and pray [harder].

It is less than 3 weeks until our anticipated leave date and we've been guarding our hearts so much (not knowing whether I would actually get my passport any time soon) that we haven't seriously thought about the trip, the planning, the finances, the excitement, and everything else that comes with being off the continent for a month. YIKES, there's a lot to do! (house sitting plans, car insurance freezing, paid time off redemption, packing...LOTS of packing!)

But, we are so thrilled that this is actually going to happen (in fact it hasn't fully sunk in yet), and we're so incredible excited to see what the Lord has in store for us in this whole 'ordeal'. We know the timing of every aspect of this trip is in HIS control and is for a reason, so while it's been a slow, long, at times frustration delay - God's timing and plan is perfect. And I'm ALL ABOUT THAT! So, guess what...

WE'RE GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA IN 19 DAYS!!!

(FOR A WHOLE MONTH...WOW!)