Almost Time!!

The time is almost here! We leave for Talisay City on Monday, May 14 and to say we are excited would a huge understatement. God has showed us this year that he really can do anything and that His timing is perfect. We are so blessed to have been brought together through the Let's Start Talking Ministry. We all share the positive outlook that this is exactly where God has called us to spend our summer.

I want to take this time to thank each one of you for your prayers and support over this past year. We love you and we are so happy that you have chosen to join with us on this seed-planting ministry. God has given us all different gifts and it takes the combined gifts of the Church in order to follow Jesus's command to "Go." This trip would not be possible without you, and we sincerely appreciate your prayers and support.

Now a little about our travels and trip:

On Monday, we will all fly out of our hometowns (Kendra: Austin; Brittiny: Dallas/Fort Worth; Jen: Indianapolis): Brittiny and I will meet up in Denver and then fly to Phoenix and on to San Francisco where we will meet up with Jen who will have flown to Cleveland and then on to San Francisco. We will all depart from San Francisco at 10:35pm Monday evening and will land in Guam at 3:20am on Wednesday. (We get to completely skip Tuesday!) From Guam we will fly on to Manila and then to the island of Cebu, where we will be working with the church in Talisay City.

We have already begun a conversation with Wayne, the missionary we will be working with and there is a mutual enthusiasm on everyone's part about our arrival and stay in the Philippines. Just from the few conversations I have had with Wayne, I am already extremely eager to begin working with him and for us to bring him and the church that he working with all the encouragement we can.

From the information we have about our housing and the church building, we are not sure yet whether we will be able to find a wireless connection. However, we know there are internet cafes. As soon as we are able to get settled, we will be posting to the blog to continue to keep you updated on the work we are doing. If you would like to follow this blog, there is a place to put your email in on the right side of the page and each time we post, you will be notified.

Once again, we love you and we thank you. We'll talk to you from the Philippines soon!

How you can pray for us today:

Pray for our safe travels on our many connecting flights and that both us and our luggage will arrive safely. Pray for our first meetings with Wayne, with our readers, and with the local church. Pray that we will be able to form deep friendships and bring as much encouragement and love to the locals as they will give to us. Lastly, continue to give God all the glory for the work being done...for none of this would be possible without Him!