Haiti

Im sure if you've been watching the news you know about the earthquake in Haiti. It goes without saying but they definitely need all kinds of prayer right now. MAF has seven staff families there and received word yesterday that they are all OK. But there are massive casualties and destruction it appears. I just saw a slide show of what it looks like there and it is very bad. These will be critical hours no doubt of rescuing survivors.

New Material

Some info about what's going on here. So far we have been learning alot about MAF's purpose and the way they operate. and We've also been learning specific information about the different countries they serve in. We have a pretty big meeting with their committee on Thursday to talk about placement. This is our one chance to express our desires for placement. Please pray for us if you can! Here's some pictures and videos for fun!

Today was day two of Elise and Mommy being apart for most of the day. We are blessed with a baby sitter named Bethany who Elise really likes and who does a good job with her. All in all she is handling it pretty well. When we get home and say goodbye to the baby sitter, she is super happy that mommy is home, but on edge that she is going to go "bye bye" again. In fact she kind of breaks down when anybody goes bye bye for a while after that (including the baby sitter)! When we left this morning it was kind of sad, yet we had to laugh a little when Elise realized what was going on and cried while waving and saying "bye bye bye bye".

A little while ago....

Go Cardinals!

There's my twin Kelly and little cousin Isla geared up for the Cardinals game today! Isla is sporting her little Larry Fitzgerald jersey. I hear she is his biggest fan. Well, by big I mean, well you know what I mean! They're beating the packers right now at halftime, knock on wood! It seems the Cardinals winning playoff games is becoming a regular occurrence in recent years. Kinda wierd! Go Cards!

Post game note: Wow what a game! The Cards were lucky to escape by the skin of their teeth with the victory in the highest scoring game in NFL post season history!

Nampa Idaho, Round 2!

Elise made some new friends today!

She shamelessly flirted with the folks behind us (who egged it on), and just about everybody else on the airplane as we ventured out to Nampa Idaho today.

Her favorite thing to do was poke her head up and say "Wow!" over and over, as loud as she can in hopes that everybody would laugh at her.

Okay so she really didn't say wow too many times there. I think I said it more than she did. That seems like a theme. We have a hard time catching Elise's cute little habits because by the time we grab the camera. she is over whatever she was doing (or maybe a little camera shy?)



Elise didn't get much sleep today, but there she is catching a cat-nap between flights!

It is our second time visiting MAF headquarters. This time we will spend one month here, and MAF will collaborate with us during these first two weeks to educate us more about the different countries where they serve. And after those two weeks, we will know the country where we will be headed and become official members of MAF!

We are excited and a little nervous all at the same time. Please pray for God's wisdom for us and MAF in the next two weeks. And please pray He would give us ears to listen to Him to be the people He wants us to be, no matter what country we serve in!

The second half of our time here will be spent training to equip us to seek a team of financial and prayer supporters who will participate in this ministry with us. Immediately following that, in one month, we will begin that process, which should last several months.

We will try to share some of what we learn here as we go, as well as maybe a few cute pics and videos of Elise as they happen!