One Month and Counting!

I was so excited to get the flight itinerary Thursday!  I organized the list they sent me (it was the itinerary for everyone) and typed up a flight by flight list that is easy to follow!  Just over 17 hours in the air - and 6 hours worth of layovers.  I think that is doable!  It's funny, just as I finished typing up my list, Amy e-mailed the team something similar!  Great minds think alike!   We have 5 from Indy going, one from San Diego, one from Baltimore, and one from Philly.  I didn't see the 9th person.  We are all meeting up in Detroit.

After the auction Thurday night I went online and took a look at my planes and seating.  I've got middle seats the whole way there (well, here to Detroit and Detroit to Amsterdam - we don't have seat assignments to Kenya).  On the way back I've got window seats the whole way.  I LOVE THE WINDOW SEAT!  Not so good with my RLS...difficult to get in/and out if I am squirmy.  But I love the window seat!

I was looking online last night for real time flight tracking information...I did that when Michael was flying back from Hawaii.  I can't seem to find it for international flights outside of Canada - but I'll keep checking!  It's just neat to see if it is on time and where it is at in the air!

We get updates almost daily now...so much information!  It's also nice to be able to e-mail back and forth.  Some of us are rookies you know!  Our departure packets will be mailed on Monday.  Final details of what we need. One of the e-mails contained the following prayer requests:

Please keep the FAME Kenya team in prayer and share these requests:

1. for team cohesiveness and open to God’s leading.
2. for me to be prepared as a leader and FAME representative as well as Indian Creek Christian Church representative
3. for Keith and Kathy Ham and their ministry
4. for the hearts of those we will be serving to be receptive to the gospel of Christ
5. for safety in our travels, our stay in Kenya
6. for our health
7. for our families while we are gone.

Can you please keep those requests in your prayers?  I did find out that there will be a contact from FAME on call the entire time we are gone.  That way if something happens here the boys can contact that representative to get ahold of us over there and same for over there to get ahold of the boys here.  That is a load off of my mind.  If you haven't heard about Andrew's broken wrist when I was gone for my Great Banquet weekend - remind me next time we are together!  =)  It's one of those..."it's funny now" stories.  =)

I've started my "don't forget to pack" list.  I would get it all in a suitcase and put it in there, but the cats would certainly make that their home.  

That is my update for tonight...I'll continue to share.

Thank you for sharing this adventure with me.  This is mainly a journal for me, but this is an experience that I truly want to share with others!  God has, and will continue, to do amazing things!