One Week Before Take-off!

I can hardly believe that we leave in a week for a month in Kazakhstan! Time has flown by, and we still have so much to do to prepare. We covet your prayers!

Our list of things we'll be doing is growing by the day, and from all we're hearing from people who've talked to our missionary friend she wishes we'd already gotten there! Please pray that we'll be a great encouragement and help to her!

It's amazing to see God provide for our needs for the trip. He's sending support and encouragement and help in so many ways. E-mail me and I'll put you on our prayer team for e-mail updates!

When Jonathan won at the regional science fair, our favorite meteorologist emceed the awards ceremony. His good friend heads up Austin's big July 4th fireworks bonanza (with the symphony) at Zilker Park, so he hooked Jonathan up with him so we could all go and see the professionals do their thing. Should be fun!

Today Jonathan and I finished designing the seven banners we'll be taking over for the conference we're helping at over in Kazakhstan. He is SO good at graphics!! We were so grateful for the creative ideas God gave us! It will be fun to see the banners there. Now I'm just hoping we haven't chosen an inappropriate symbol to make the borders from! Every pattern over there has a lot of symbolism, so I hope this wasn't one from somewhere else that they will find offensive!! :-D EEK!

I'm really looking forward to seeing some girls and women I met over there a couple of years ago, and to making more good friends this time. I'm so ready to get to know them and to be able to encourage them and make an investment in some of their lives. Pray for me!

Can't wait to go, but will sure miss my husband!!