So the blogging begins. You'll have to be patient with me as I'm so new to this thing.
I've promised my friends that I would start a blog and here it is. I'm sure we'll start a new one once we've actually arrived on the continent of Africa but for those of you who are around the country or around the world and would like to keep updated on our happenings, this is a start.

I'm terrified to say the least but I know God has called us to Tanzania and for that reason we are going. It will be an experience that I'm sure we will never forget and one that has already begun the testing of my faith in so many ways.

Already I've made new friends that had I not begun this journey I would not have encountered and you all know who you are. You are a blessing to me. Thank you.

I covet the prayers of everyone and for those of you who have known me for many years you will know that by nature I worry about everything, especially the finances. Perhaps it is the fact that I am a mother of five and for many years a stay at home mom so one salary has been a way of life. Now that one salary will become much smaller and yet as I read books in preparation that much smaller amount is still much larger than most of the world and for that I am very, very thankful.

Part of me wonders how I will manage the small things like the heat (I don't like it at all and I'm heading to a city that is quite close to the equator) and the cockroaches and the change of pace. Part of me feels badly that I even worry about these things but I know too that God cares about those things if I care about them so He will help me find the peace that I long for. I know this because if he cares for the sparrow, he cares for the small things about me as well. How cool is that?

Some days I worry that I am not equipped to do this at all. I am not formally trained as a minister but I have a wonderful mentor and friend who reminds me often that I have life experience and that matters. She is wonderful at boosting my confidence when I begin to feel as though the task may be too much. Thanks PS.

I hope that this blog will help my friends see a bit into the everyday things that go through my mind as I prepare for this journey. I hope it will help you all understand the things that I need prayer for as I go. I know that without prayer I can't do this and so this blog is mostly about that.

It will get better as I learn the whole blog language thing. I still can't figure out the whole facebook thing so please excuse any mistakes that occur and keep looking.