it is 2am and I have just wrapped up my packing for the trip.  We meet at Tyson-Mcghee at 11am - 9 hours to go.  I have to be honest, I am kinda nervous.  Brazil was kinda like America, except everyone spoke Portuguese.  Zimbabwe on the other hand will be completely different culturally, politically, economically...  We packed alot of vitamins and antibiotics to take with us.  I have never seen so many children's vitamins!  One of the ladies from Fairview dropped by a few thousand antibiotics yesterday.  These pills could literally save hundreds of lives.

We have an 18 hour plane ride to Harare (not including layovers).  I am hoping to get a lot of reading done.  I just found an awesome writer named Margaret Feinberg.  She is an 'expert' in Twentysomethings and has a book by that name.  Great writer.  I am finishing up one of her books entitled, The Organic God.  She talks about how our relationship with God doesn't need anything added to it or taken out of it to make it any sweeter, or look any better than it already is.  We just need a pure, unadulterated, relationship with our Creator.  I am also determined to beat one of the Sudoku puzzles in the airline magazine.  I finished one on our Brazil trip, but it took me a good 2 hours.  I am bent on beating these things... pray for my sanity.  Also, I have always heard that sitting for long periods of time on flights can increase your risk of a blood clot.  Besides getting a kidney stone, this is one of my biggest fears.  

I found out yesterday that I may be able to go with one of team mates to meet her sponsor child that lives about 180 miles out of Harare.  I am totally pumped about this.  She sponsors her child through World Vision so we will get to ride out there with the World Vision crew and see what they do.  Since we sponsor a child in Rwanda, I am really looking forward to seeing the impact this has on a family.  

I am not looking forward to being away from my own family for two weeks though.  Please pray that God stunts Pax's growth for the next two weeks and he doesn't do anything really cool until I get home and then he just lets it all out.  Seriously though, knowing how much I missed Sarah and Morgan when we went to Brazil keeps my heart here.   

There continues to be political violence in the more rural areas.  That is why we have changed our plans so that we will be in the city more.  Please pray for our safety, and more importantly our effectiveness and boldness in sharing the love of Christ in word and deed.  

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