Two More Days!

Two more days until we leave for Scotland! We’re hanging out with my parents tomorrow and picking up some last minute things. Went by Barnes & Noble earlier and picked up the latest HOW magazine, a must for any designer, and Frommer’s Scotland’s Best Loved Driving Tours. Chris picked up a few books too, including This is Your Brain on Music, written by a former producer & current neuroscientist about the effects of music on the brain.

We had another day of unexpected generosity. Some more of the gracious people at Lake Pointe chipped in some last-minute gifts which have completely set any financial worries at ease. Los shipped me his Powerbook and it will arrive before noon tomorrow, and Chris’ family back in Missouri has been sending us really sweet prayer letters the last couple of days. My allergies are bothering me a bit, but I think it’s all the weather changes we’ve been having lately.

I have been feeling overwhelmingly blessed and undeserving lately. Rich and I were talking a little this morning about how we are all part of some huge picture…and sometimes it’s hard to see how we all interact for that bigger purpose, but lately, we’ve been seeing that clearly. While he was going through some medical concerns, people here in Texas were praying for him that neither of us knew, because I happened to place him on our church-wide prayer list and some faithful intercessors prayed for him, then sent me a note to let me know, which I then sent to him! Then, when all this stuff has happened here, so many people I’ve never even met before have prayed, given money, computers, and encouragement.

This trip would have never happened without these people, and also the people at Lake Pointe. It is strange to think we have only lived here a little over five months and so many of our new friends are supporting us in ways we could have never asked for or imagined. People have emailed us so many prayers, stopped by our offices to pray over us before we leave, been sacrificial, offered to take care of our cats, give us rides to the airport, pick us up late at night when we return, salvaged hard drives, added to their workloads, and we haven’t even had to ask for the most part!

Sunday is LP’s monthly commissioning, and at the end of each service, Wes and our LP family will be praying over not only our trip, but all the trips leaving from Lake Pointe this month – to NYC, Portland, Seattle, Columbia, Mexico, Nigeria & Egypt. Please keep all these September trips in your prayers!

Thank you for your prayers, and how cool is it that we are all a part of this awesome plan!?