CONTACT!!

After one and a half days of trying, Brian finally got through to us!!! I had about 5 minutes with him. Don’t know why he hasn’t been able to connect, but ya know, it’s Africa. He had only bought so many minutes, so either his time ran out, or we were just plain disconnected.
He said the flights were good, a few delays (I know he had a two hour delay in Washington DC). His luggage was good, all made it there and we were okay on the weight.
He misses us a lot of course [who wouldn’t! :)]. I and a few of our friends wrote him notes for each day of the trip. I put a lot of verses related to trust, seeking God’s wisdom, guidance, etc on the cards. He made mentioned that they have been right on! (And for those of you who wrote cards for him-he has gotten them all this first week if I remember correctly-so THANK YOU!!)
He told me they are putting in LONG days, but they are sooo good! He hasn’t been sleeping well though. The first 2 or 3 nights he felt it was clearly, clearly spiritual. So a specific prayer request for this next week would be for sleep and protection at night. Thankfully he hasn’t been getting bad headaches from the lack of sleep. Let’s see, they are 7 hours ahead, so when he comes to mind especially between the hours of 3-10 pm, you can pray for sleep!
The kids and I are doing well. It takes a lot of the day just to survive with six kids! We are busy with swimming lessons and visiting a few of the past nights. Next week there is swimming, academy camp, and gymnastics, so we should stay plenty busy. No one has been hurt, no one has been too unruly or gotten into too much trouble. The kids usually ask about Brian mostly at night when going to bed (what’s daddy doing, etc) and occasionally throughout the day they ask, but not too much. They understand where he is and what he’s doing. I have been getting up a 6 am for a walk-I think it is keeping me sane. A few quiet minutes in the morning before everyone gets up. It seems the mornings I especially don’t want to get up, Myron is up by 6 am to get me out of bed and come on a walk with me. It’s been good.
So, thank you for your prayers! God is definitely listening and answering!! Only 8 more days!