Three days!!!!! Then Jamaica bound!

The countdown is on! We can't even believe we will be leaving in three days to begin our year long journey living in Jamaica with baby Kiefer on the way! We can't wait to meet them! What a wonderful surprise that God is going to use in his story for our life! God is so good! He works in such amazing ways. We feel in awe of God's sovereignty that he is revealing to us more and more. It's so easy to plan out our life to the "T" and think that we have the control. I am so glad that we don't because what a boring life that would be! Living and walking with God is truly "The Good Life." One thing I really feel God has been revealing to me is the freedom of letting go of fear and trusting in him fully. He has shown me more and more that my life is out of my hands. I need him every minute of everyday. How comforting is it that we all have the creator of the world taking care of us each moment of each day. He is in control. How amazing is that? What do I need to be afraid of?
 The packing has begun and we are struggling to meet the weight limit! We are trying all different strategies to make it all fit and really trying to take only what we will need. I didn't realize it would be so challenging! Caleb insists that we will make it work so I am not too worried.(He's pretty creative. :) We just can't wait to get there! We are so excited for all the people God will be placing in our life in Jamaica and we can't wait to meet them! We hope and pray that God will be at the center of all these relationships and that we will shine Jesus to everyone we meet. We want everything we do and say to be for the Glory of God!  
Our excitement is building as the day gets closer but this is also a very emotional time as we say goodbye to everyone we love. Pray that we can be filled with Christ as we go, prepared to serve him in everything and love as Jesus loves.

Lots of packing!

Trying to make weight!

Using all the space we can find!

For baby Kiefer!!!! Yayyyy!!!!!!!!

 

Getting excited! First post, hope it's good!

As many of you know, Caleb and I are in the waiting zone to leave for Jamaica! We are getting excited! There are so many new and crazy things coming up in God's journey for us! Here is a little bit of our journey now. The past 2 months have been packed with preparing, excitement and challenges. As we ended our jobs in early July, our journey took us to our two week training in Virginia! What a beautiful place Virginia is! We saw so many huge mountains and lots of cows! By the end of the two weeks we were in love with cows! The training was awesome. We had sessions each day from 8-4. Caleb and I learned about all kinds of things. A few were communicating in other cultures, living in new cultures, and heard so many amazing testimonies from other missionaries. We know everything we learned will come alive when we get to Jamaica and cherish all the relationships built with the VMM workers and fellow missionary friends! It's so incredible to see where God is taking each of us. As the week ended we had our commissioning ceremony at a BEAUTIFUL farm! We all worshipped together, prayed together and fellowshipped. It was a very special time that we will never forget. As we returned home we felt the struggle of comfortability and security begin. It's so hard to leave the only place and people you have ever known! Praise the Lord though! God has been working in amazing ways and giving us a peace that surpasses all understanding and strength to walk on the waters of the unknown! God is SO good, ALL the time. :) (He has also blessed us with amazing support from family, friends, and our church family. We are SO thankful.) As of now we are waiting for our work visas to finished being processed and once that happens our plane tickets will be bought for us to leave!  Pray that it will happen soon, we can learn sign language and that we can walk with Jesus each day of life.