Tick, tick, tick...

Do you hear that? That's time ticking away...

I leave for Honduras in just over four weeks. There's a lot for me to do, but I've also gotten quite a bit done. A few weeks ago I became a human pin cushion and got several vaccines and a tetanus booster. I also made arrangements to be taken to the airport. My support is coming in very well. Between gifts and my contributions so far, I'm at two-thirds of my total support level. I have every confidence that the balance will be there. This trip is God's and He has been in control of it for the past almost 11 years.

Just this week I found someone to live in my house while I'm gone. A friend of mine is moving back to Lawrence and she's going to stay here. Plus, she loves cats, so Screech will be just fine. We were talking about a month and a half ago and I mentioned that I was trying to find someone to live here. I knew she was thinking and praying about moving back to Lawrence, but I didn't want to put any eggs in that basket. Imagine my surprise, and my joy, when I got an email on Monday asking me if I had found anyone yet. It was such an answer to prayer! I had been trying not to stress over not having found someone yet. (Sometimes I was successful; sometimes not.)

This week I sent out an email at work, telling a lot of my friends and coworkers about my future plans, and inviting them to sign up for my email distribution list and to visit this site. I have already received so much encouragement and positive feedback from so many people there that it blows me away. Plus, walking through my building, I've been getting lots of hugs and well wishes from people "just in case they don't see me before I leave". My last day at work will be Friday, August 18. I'm planning to return on Monday, February 26.

Well, for tonight, I'll end here. Let me leave you with another photo. This one was taken during recess at the bi-lingual school at Enlaces. The first/second grade class was playing soccer against the third/fourth grade class. I was on the first/second grade team. I don't remember the score...