Overwhelmed by grace.

What I really wanted to write for the title was simply "Overwhelmed."

I'm choosing to add 'by grace.'

Because I know God is faithful - and that He will come through and all the things that are feeling overwhelming right now will seem fine in retrospect.

But right now, I'm overwhelmed.

We're in the process of working with the travel agent to book our tickets. And nothing seems to be going as planned.

We were hoping/expecting to pay $2000 per ticket... we've been quoted anywhere from $2500 to $3600 per ticket. That's a HUGE difference when you're buying five tickets.

We've been planning all along to visit our friends in Northern Ireland on our way to Sierra Leone - dear, dear friends that we've mentored for years who recently had a baby girl... we even planned extra time off and extra savings so we could take a short jaunt over to visit them. But the details for that trip are looking impossible... adding an additional $2000 to $5000 dollars we simply cannot afford. Bummer.

We've also been planning to stay in Freetown (the capital of Sierra Leone) for a few extra days to visit our friend Jay who is on staff with the Africa Mercy Ship. It's also looking like that may not work out... since the airline we're flying on only leaves Freetown on Tuesdays and Sundays and we can't stay that many extra days.

I'm overwhelmed.

Frustrated.

Discouraged.

Add to these things the fact that my work schedule has been SUPER busy... (which is a GOOD thing, since God is using my amazing job to provide lots of the money we need for the trip) but it also means I don't feel like I've been managing all the other things that need to happen for the trip to be a success...

I spent Monday and Tuesday fasting and praying in the midst of my normal schedule... asking God for his perfect provision and timing and for the trip to bring Him glory... that I would recognize my dependance on Him to use the trip in the lives of our kids and in the lives of the people we're going to serve... and in Tejan's life.

And then today I feel completely wiped out and defeated.

It's frustrating.

I know God will show Himself.

I KNOW God will show Himself.

Will you pray with me?

Thank you, friends.

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