We made it to Knoxville!

Just wanted to give a quick update. Thank you all so much for your prayers and support during this time of many transitions for all of us.

We were blessed to have some men from our church help us load up everything this past Tuesday morning. And after about 3 different stops between Bristol and Knoxville to disperse our belongings....we finally arrived at the mission house late Tuesday night. My sweet husband had arranged for there to be roses at the house for me for our anniversary (8 years!). However, I was so tired I walked by them for an hour before I finally noticed them! It is such a blessing to be able to stay in the mission house for these next couple of months. Now that we have most of our stuff either sold or in storage we can really begin focusing on packing for Kenya.

Aaron is back in Bristol right at the moment finishing up his last week of work!! He is such an amazing husband, father, and doctor. Life has been very busy and exhausting lately, but he continues to lead our family with much love and patience. Please pray for strength for him as he finishes up this week.

We really appreciate all the prayers and support! They are really an encouragement to us!

Getting ready for move #1

Just a little over a week until we move to Knoxville! Our moving date is June 26th, assuming nothing else comes up between now and then. We have changes moving dates about 3 times I think :). So we will be celebrating our 8 year wedding anniversary as we move to Knoxville!! It will make for a good memory.

I wanted to just share some more blessings. The Lord is continuing to provide financially toward the money we need to raise. It is so encouraging and humbling to watch the Lord work through His people to provide for this ministry opportunity. We are so thankful for our church family and so many other friends who are praying for us and encouraging us through this process.

We have much packing and sorting to do between now and our move date. I would appreciate your prayers for wisdom as I try to decide on what to do with all our stuff (take, sell, store). It helps to keep reminding myself that all this "stuff" is really just "stuff".

Probably next post will be coming from Knoxville, TN!

Oh, I almost forgot.........we got to meet the Jones' this past Tuesday! They are the young family that we will be serving with in Kenya. This is the first time we have ever met them and the next time we see them will be in Kapsowar! It was a great day and we are so thankful for their friendship and look forward to serving alongside them for the next two years.

Update on our travels....

So much to update on and so little time to do it!! We had a great week of vacation at the beach, depite the three rainy days. It was still a great break from our "to do" list. The girls really enjoyed themselves.

Before the beach, we spent Memorial day camping with my family at Elkmont. Braelyn enjoyed playing in the river and we had a special treat of getting to see the fireflies do their special "synchronized flashing"! I had heard about this, but had never gotten to see it. It was really amazing. Just another experience that makes you say "Wow, God.......you are so creative and amazing."

 Hayden trying to give his cousin a BIG kiss.....I don't think she was very interested!

 Brooks first trip to the campground! I think he enjoyed it :)

Welcome to the family Brooks Michael Hasty!

I have a wonderful answered prayer to share. My brother and sister in law have been waiting to adopt another child and a few weeks ago they received good news. We all have been overjoyed and so thankful for this new addition to our family. Praising God for His good and perfect timing in all things.

 Brooks Michael Hasty, born May 22, 2012 , 6 lbs 2 oz

 Welcome Home! Big sister showing him around :)

 My mom is holding the outfit that she brought all of us home in.

 Proud Aunt! I am SO thankful that the Lord brought him into our lives before we left for Kenya! I so badly wanted to get to be a part of this exciting and wonderful time. He is such a cutie!

Brooks and his Mamaw. By the way, Brooks is named after our Papaw Ervin who was called "Brook". May the Lord bless Brooks and keep him, may the Lord make His face shine upon Him.

How much fun can you handle?

Our theme for this season of our life right now is "how much fun can you handle?". Life is definitely busy right now, but a lot of it is just fun things like taking trips to see friends, having dinner with new friends, and vacation. We began our adventures with a trip to Ohio to meet up with some of our medical school friends that we haven't seen in 3 years! We were so excited to see them because while in medical school we really became more than just friends, we became family :). Our weekend together was such a blessing! It was amazing that after not seeing each other for 3 years, we all just picked right back up where we left off and had great fellowship. It just reminded me how good our God is to provide us with lasting friendships. Medical school was a hard time for all of us, but the Lord was so sweet to bring us together and allow us to experience it all together and have so many great memories to laugh about. The only thing that was missing was our friends, the McVays. We missed you guys!! We could have used a couple of boys in this pack of girls :).

The Sabotchicks: KJ, Michelle, Abby & Macy

The Spanglers: Jason, Aubrie, Paisley & Adelyn