13 days and counting...

What’s today’s hot topic, hot post?

Let’s be honest- I am not much of a writer, but I had such great hopes to start this blog to be able to keep all who are interested up to date on my journey to Haiti.  Great intentions…let’s hope the execution is just as good J

The countdown is 13 days until departure- whoot, whoot J.  A small piece of the second whoot is a little stress in my voice.  As some of you may know…this week is full of family visits.  I am super excited about all the family that is coming in to town, but a little stressed about it too!  My grandma and great aunt arrived yesterday, my sister and her two kiddos arrive tomorrow, my aunt and her two kids arrive Thursday, and my uncle arrives Saturday…can we say FUN!!!  I am super excited to see everyone, super stressed that the one overlapping day that everyone is in town is Saturday the 23^rd…however the 23^rd is my most chaotic day and sad that I don’t think I’ll be able to spend much time with my family L…Alexa has a soccer game in the morning, I volunteer at church in the afternoon, will run over to the Lino Lakes campus for the 6pm service and then participate in the Haiti Commissioning service at 720pm.  My mind is already stressed about the day- I hope I can find some time to spend with my family.

So although that stress is occurring on Saturday…it begins to creep into action today…and with stress comes cleaning for me…so at least my house will be clean J

Managing the food and snack supply continues to be something that causes me a little anxiety- I received an email from my leader today letting me know that I should plan on roughly 45 snacks a day for the group…SERIOUSLY!!!  As many of you know…I really do enjoy planning meals, gatherings, etc…but 45 snacks a day, or 360 for the 8 days…not so much.  I also need to find a way to make sure I can pack all these wonderful snacks.  At first I thought this would be easy- my suitcase should be plenty of room…I am starting to scratch my head and think…golly I hope I have enough room and come up with enough different options- I know I wouldn’t want to snack on the same food everyday…would you?  So, I need to get creative…stay tuned…

I will try to find a verse that fits into each day’s post, today’s:  Psalm 94:19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me,Your comforts delight my soul.

THANK YOU for continuing to check in.