Mind at ease

Church on Sunday gave me an amazing sense of peace about our upcoming trip! There has been this small fear in the back of my mind about going to Kenya. Its funny that a sermon on love could bring me peace about safety in our international travel. There is so much that could happen but these two scriptures made everything ok!

Psalm 46
We do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea
Romans 8:31
If God is for us, who can be against us

Fundraising!

 

We have started selling chestnuts, german cookies, and quilt raffel tickets. Hopefully this will take us the rest of the way to reach our fundraising goal!

Donors

Our list of wonderful donors. These are the people who helped to make the vision of this trip a reality!

• M.P. Klein and Family                                 
• Uncle Jon (UJ) and Aunt Karen (AK)
• Marvin and Marlyn Fink
• Todd and Terry King
• Ian, Sarah, and Sutton Thomas
• Grandma Iksic
• Julie and Goober Weishaar 
• Mark and Mrs. Iksic
• Kyle and Shivon Brite
• Matt and Sally Kagele
• Grandma Lavern
• Grandpa and Grammy
• The James Clan
• Merleen and Gunnar Smith
• Mama and da' Paka Heimbigner
• Donna and "the Old Man" Thrall
• Mr. and Mrs. Yancey
• Mr. and Mrs. Kramer
• Uncle Dirk and Aunt Gerie
• Christ Lutheran Church Women
• Clark and Charlene Kagele
• Brenda Bray
• Dr. White
• Shea and Caleb Ellefson
• Chris and Kathy Sewell
• Mark, Peggy, Jacob, John, Katie, and Timmy DeWulf
• Pappa and MissJean Johnson
• Steve and Dr. Linda Powells
• Marlon and Sexy Schafer 
•  Myron and Marleen Kramer
• Tim  Bonino
• Barb and Jerry Walter
• Steve and Leslie Fink
• Loren and Virgil
• Jerry and Kathy Walker
• Nancy Flother
• Alice Schmierer
• Tom and Molly Beil
• Mike and Karen Eden
• Richard and Rita Voise
• Jeff Schible
• Jo and JoEllen Wolman
• Barb Schlimmer (3x)
• Jeremy and Jen Heimbigner
• Chad and Suzie Heimbigner
• Lee Funkhouser
• Sarah Morrissey
• Lisa and Mike Mayberry
• Dick and Debbie Buscher
• Beth and Reid Schaffer
• Travis Iksic
• Stan and Debbie Dammell
• Lise and Norm Ott
• Coleen Janke
• Kathy and Kevin Conway
• All of the people from the Odessa community who bought pffernuse and raffle quilt tickets!!!

How it all got started...

In May Jessica and I moved in together. A big thing in our lives since we have not lived together in almost 6 years (besides holidays). We also did some other big things like move to the “big city” of Spokane, kept a puppy from Sadie’s litter, became YoungLife leaders, and did a bible study together.

Of all of the things that we did this summer, that bible study changed both of us a whole lot. One of the days talked about service and furthering God’s kingdom. For Jess, this made her realize that she has been holding back on going on a mission trip for many reasons, but no good ones. Because it is not the right time in her life, it is too expensive, and that she wants to wait for the time to be right for her (and not God). A few other incidences and a whole lot of prayers later, she applied to go on a mission trip to Kenya and was accepted! Me, I have been planning a trip to Paris during the time her trip was planned and had not even considered going. Well, last week rolled around, I was driving through Spokane just thinking. I was sad that Sis would not be joining me in Paris and that no one else wanted to go with me. And then, all of the sudden it hit me… why wasn’t I going to Kenya too?!?! At this point, I almost crashed into the car ahead of me. I applied and was accepted within two days. So, now Jess and I will be going to Kenya through the” 410 Bridge” December 25 – January 4 (just in time to start back to school).