Saturday, September 29, 2012

We made it to Kapsowar!! Praise the Lord!

Hello everyone! We are so thankful and excited to finally be in our new home in Kapsowar. I could go on and on and on about how gracious and good our Lord is. He has provided so much for us along this journey. I will try to highlight a few things. I'm sure I am forgetting some, but these are a few that stick out to me.....
*on our first LONG flight, there was a lady next to us whose tv screen wasn't working, so she requested to change seats. that left us with an extra seat, so layna could lay down flat and sleep.

*the girls did SO WELL! they both slept for good amount of time on the airplane and behaved themselves very well considering the crazy schedule and long hours we had.

*The guest house we stayed in was such a blessing. We were all able to stay in the same "room", including Kathy, which made it more convenient. They had a great swing and little slide there that the girls really enjoyed. We had one evening of "down time" there, which was much needed.

*On the second LONG flight, there were a lot of empty seats in the back of the plane. Aaron was able to go lay down on a row of seats and actually get a few hours of sleep. Then I rested for a little while too.

*Our travels were all safe and nice. Everyone has stayed healthy!!!!

*Vanessa Jones (one of the other missionary wives who lives in Kapsowar) was able to pick us up in Eldoret and help me do a month's worth of grocery shopping!! It was SO helpful to have her there to show me what i needed and which brands were better.

*We recieved ALL our luggage!! Even after one piece was delayed in Nairobi, we were able to locate it Friday morning and send it along with all our other luggage in the van. (our luggage was driven to Kapsowar separate from us).

Braelyn said it well when we pulled up to our new house here...."Praise the Lord for our new home"!
I think we are all so happy to finally be here and to get to be settled in to a routine and family life.

We are so thankful to have Kathy, Aaron's mom, here with us. She has been so helpful in so many ways.

Pray for us as we get adjusted to this new life. Pray that we can get settled in and makes this "home" soon. We appreciate your prayers so much! Thank you all for the encouraging words and love you have showed us.

Looking forward to posting some pictures soon of our journey here!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

So many blessings! Praise God for His provision. Praying you get settled quickly and make lots of wonderful friends!

mommyto4mjs said...

Praying for you all. Glad to hear you made it.

Marissa :) said...

Mama and I both got a good laugh from Braelyn's comment. How sweet :)

Julie said...

So glad the girls traveled well and everything went smoothly. I loved Braelyn's comment. Praying for all of you.
Julie