Going home to Lesotho!

We leave tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!! Back to Lesotho!!!!! Yeah! So I am a little excited to get back to Beautiful Gate and see everyone in Lesotho again. I can't believe how much I miss everyone after only 9 weeks, but I do miss them. Sometimes I see posts from our volunteers and my heart actually hurts to be away from the kids and staff. They are such a part of our lives that it feels incomplete without them around. I know that we are really going to miss our friends and family here, but I am ready to get back (no offense to all of you, most of you know my heart and why I long to be back in Lesotho). I remember thinking that 5 years was going to be an eternity and now I am thinking that 2 years is going to FLY by. There is so much more I want to do, people I want to be with and hearts I want to touch before my time is up. I have this strange sense of urgency, and I want to make every moment count while I am there.


On Sunday, our church took some time and prayed over us. I felt so honored to be able to be sent as a representative of our church. So many friends and family support us and have put their trust in us and it is an honor (also a little scary at times because it is a BIG calling). At the end of the prayer time, Mercy took my hand and said, "I don't mean to brag Mommy, but I am so glad that our family was the one chosen to go to Lesotho." Wow, what a beautiful thing to say. There have been moments when you all read through my tears because I thought I may have ruined my kids by going to Lesotho. Then my sweet little 8 year old says she is so glad we were chosen by God to serve there. I am so humbled by that.


We gave our kids some fun little memories while we were in MI, but it will be the 7 years they spent in Lesotho that will change their lives and their perspectives forever. God is so good and He is doing amazing things. We are as ready as we can be for our next adventure Lord!!