(2) Dreaming isn't enough
A few weeks passed and I had only dared to dream, but dreaming alone doesn't make them a reality. June 11- It was a late night and my son was on the computer. I decided to take the next step -start finding out just how much airline tickets would cost. I was shocked...I expected it to cost so much more! Not that it was cheap, but much less than I thought it would be. It seemed like the next natural step was to look up what else we would have to get and do to go to Africa. It was all much less and easier than I had thought it would be.
The excitement built up the next few days, so on June 13th I sent a message on Facebook to George -the man that lives in Ghana and helps coordinate service and sightseeing trips. He messaged back several hours later (its a 6 hour time difference) and offered to call me the next day. I was giddy and anxious.
I texted the women from our homeschool commonwealth. I told them who George was that he would be calling the next day. I asked if they would pray for me/us. Many replied with kind words. One reply was not what I expected, she said that her sister, Ashley, had gone to Africa and did service at an orphanage. She gave me her sisters contact information.
We were preparing for a 3 1/2 week vacation to visit family at this time. To some it may be strange, but I've learned that many other women do the same -I was going to deep clean before we left. I had already started to gather items that we would give away, and decided to ramp up those efforts and do a fund raising yard sale, since no one took us up on the offer to come see and take what they wanted/needed. This is huge for me. I enjoy going to yard sales once every year or two, but NOT doing one myself. This cause was motivation to do it. I was actually excited about it. On June 16th, 3 days before we left, with the help of very generous neighbors, that donated items and purchased we held a yard sale. I was pleased with how things went. We have a long way to go but it's becoming more of a reality and we are becoming more invested.
Two hours after the yard sale, Ashley and Micheal, my friends sister and brother-in-law, were sitting in our living room to answer questions and telling us all about Ghana. I kept thinking this couldn't really be happening, yet it was.
Maybe, from what I've told so far it all seems so clear as to where we would be going but not to us. At this point we still didn't know where we would go in Africa, and since its HUGE that left a lot of possibilities. The book we were reading from was based in Uganda; I thought it could be there that we would go. There were other countries we had learned about that had needs also and we were open to anywhere. After having lengthy conversations with George, Alicia and John, and Ashley and Micheal -all connected to Ghana- I started to wonder if this was actually were we are to go.
Its miraculous to witness God directing our path!
The excitement built up the next few days, so on June 13th I sent a message on Facebook to George -the man that lives in Ghana and helps coordinate service and sightseeing trips. He messaged back several hours later (its a 6 hour time difference) and offered to call me the next day. I was giddy and anxious.
I texted the women from our homeschool commonwealth. I told them who George was that he would be calling the next day. I asked if they would pray for me/us. Many replied with kind words. One reply was not what I expected, she said that her sister, Ashley, had gone to Africa and did service at an orphanage. She gave me her sisters contact information.
We were preparing for a 3 1/2 week vacation to visit family at this time. To some it may be strange, but I've learned that many other women do the same -I was going to deep clean before we left. I had already started to gather items that we would give away, and decided to ramp up those efforts and do a fund raising yard sale, since no one took us up on the offer to come see and take what they wanted/needed. This is huge for me. I enjoy going to yard sales once every year or two, but NOT doing one myself. This cause was motivation to do it. I was actually excited about it. On June 16th, 3 days before we left, with the help of very generous neighbors, that donated items and purchased we held a yard sale. I was pleased with how things went. We have a long way to go but it's becoming more of a reality and we are becoming more invested.
Two hours after the yard sale, Ashley and Micheal, my friends sister and brother-in-law, were sitting in our living room to answer questions and telling us all about Ghana. I kept thinking this couldn't really be happening, yet it was.
Maybe, from what I've told so far it all seems so clear as to where we would be going but not to us. At this point we still didn't know where we would go in Africa, and since its HUGE that left a lot of possibilities. The book we were reading from was based in Uganda; I thought it could be there that we would go. There were other countries we had learned about that had needs also and we were open to anywhere. After having lengthy conversations with George, Alicia and John, and Ashley and Micheal -all connected to Ghana- I started to wonder if this was actually were we are to go.
Its miraculous to witness God directing our path!
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