Leavin' On A Jet Plane, Part 2

We will be on an airplane headed for Ethiopia in 2 days (Saturday, Sept. 22).  The crazy thing, well there are a lot of crazy things, is that we just learned that yesterday!  Nothing like just dropping life and getting way out of town.

We knew that the date was coming after Tuesday of this week when we learned that our case had been cleared by the U.S. Embassy.  We even had a pretty good idea that we would get the word on Wednesday.  We just weren't so sure that the turn around would be this fast.

I rolled out of bed on Wednesday at 6 a.m. after a restless night of sleep.  Normally I go straight for my coffee and my Bible.  On this day I went straight for my email.  When I opened it I saw an email from the U.S. Embassy.  It was just like Christmas!  I didn't open it. WHAT?  I closed my computer, went into the bedroom, and woke Shelley up by saying, "Do you want to know when we are going?"  She lifted her head and I opened the computer and said, "Let's read it together."  Her response..."I CAN'T SEE!  JUST READ IT TO ME!" I opened the email and read the one sentence email,

"Your Embassy appointment has been scheduled for September 26."

We woke up!  We got to work! Since then, which was yesterday, we have had to buy plane tickets (still not free), recruit people to take care of James and Emily (we have amazing friends and family), get everything for my ministry at Clemson covered (we have amazing students and staff), pack, shop, be freaked out...you know, just normal stuff.

Right now we have a bunch of diapers, formula, a pack of beef jerky (for me not Andy), and a ton of other stuff being packed so we can get on an airplane this Saturday.  We will be home in a week and then the real adventure begins, living as a family of 6 (Remember that Pete does count).

 Life is so amazing.  We are so blessed by God. We do not deserve this.

ANDY IS COMING HOME!!!