What is Next for Our Family (Mexico)

Yeah, so I just realized I never updated my blog that Rob made it home. Guess what!?  He made it home!! I must have been too busy enjoying him to let you all know.  Ooops...sorry.  It has been so fun to hear all his stories, see the pictures and watch the videos.  I tell ya...I tear up every time I see those sweet faces.  Especially one little guy...Georgie.  Oh my, this kid.

 I am hoping Rob is going to do a little "guest post" for you all.  I figure it would be better for him to tell you about it than me.

As you can imagine, there has been a lot of conversations happening at our home. 

Where do we go from here?
What is next for us?
What does God want us to do?
How do we continue with orphan care and missions?
Do we get rid of our tv?
What do we do with our excess?  (time, money, etc)

You may be wondering...

Are they moving to Africa?
Answer: no (not now!  ;)
Are they adopting a sweet African child?
Answer: no (not yet ;)
Is Rob going back to Africa?
Answer: yes...someday
Is Amy going to Africa?
Answer: yes...someday
Will they ever go as a family?
Answer: yes...someday

I am sure this is helping you, right?  Truth be told, we don't know what God has in the future for us.  We will just trust His plan.  We do know that we need to keep this momentum going.

 I have mentioned that we have been reading the book "Not a Fan" by Kyle Idleman.  We have felt like we can't read this book and continue our life the same way.  Then Rob went to Africa which just affirmed our thinking.  So, the first, concrete next step is a family mission trip this summer to Mexico!  We are so excited for this trip and what God will do in us and through us. 

There are  few ways you can help...
Pray.  This is the most important piece of our trip.
Support.  We will be having a garage sale May 2nd-4th.  All the money we make will go towards our trip.  The kids will have a lemonade/cookie stand on the 4th as well.  You can also donate items to the sale for me to sell.
This weekend our church is doing a fund raiser as well.  For a donation ($5 per person or $15 a family) you can get hamburgers, hot dogs and chips.  It will be Saturday night at 6:30 and then Sunday starting around 10:30)

Stay tuned...