We are 75% monthly funded!! Praise God:) We also received the offering form April 26th....we are so humbled that God continues to speak to peoples hearts on our behalf and that they have been moved to give so generously.  We are waiting on the kids passports to be processed and our visas to be finalized.  Today we are getting our carpets cleaned so we can put the house up for sale by the end of the week.  We are moving forward and doing whatever we can in the physical to be ready, which puts us in an interesting paradigm.  We know that we are to move forward as though we are going mid July and that in doing so we must step out in faith. We also know that we are to wait upon the Lord and His provision.  As the time draws near it becomes increasingly hard to wait on Him and not attempt to move things along on our own.  It has been a season of recalling the specific words and scriptures that we have received leading up to this moment.

• First Eric received 1Thessalonians 2:9 "Don't you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that our expenses would not be a burden to anyone there as we preached God's Good News among you."  This is when we decided that we did not want Each One Feed One to pay for our family going to Tharaka....we would rather see that money go towards the projects that will help the people in Tharaka directly.  With this we began raising support and partnership to cover all of the costs for our family.
• Next God reminded me that He is the God in control of it all...Creator, Provider, Protector, Savior, Redeemer, Healer....There are too many scriptures on this to put in the post:)  However God used the specific example of Jesus calming the storm Matt 8:23-27 to remind me of this.  If you lose sight of Him being any one of these you lose sight of it all.  If I do not have faith for God to provide all that we need how can I trust that He will protect us..or heal the sick..or save us form our sins...the God of one is the God of all.
• As I have been asking God about lessening our goal...do we go on tourist visas...without a car...if we are only 85% funded...the very strong response has been Hagar. You may ask what does that even mean...well Hagar was Sara's solution to getting older and knowing that her husband Abraham had a promise that he would be the father of many nations.  When it didn't seem as though God could do it Sara offered her maid Hagar to provide Abraham with a child. In the end Hagar and her son created nothing but heartache for Abraham and his decendents Genesis 16.  So I am waiting on the Lords promise that "He will liberally supply our every need according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus". Philippians 4:19

All of these confirming words help us to patiently wait upon the Lord for His perfect timing. Our hearts are in Tharaka, Kenya and we are asking that God would move quickly to get us there.  We are waiting and resting in the confidence that He has a specific plan for our family and He is causing the plan to come to pass in His perfect time.