G.R.I.T.

Travel plans

Hey Friends,

You may be wondering about our travel plans. Early May 14, most of us are heading for an airport somewhere. Jacob gets on in Knoxville, TN. EA gets on in Kansas City. Abby, Caleb, Dan, Natalie, Edo, Lee, Luke & Megan get on in Des Moines. We all fly to Chicago. There we are joined by Andy and Cameron, and we all take the same flight to Tokyo, change planes, and arrive at our destination at about 9 PM Japan time. I think the entire process will take about 23 hours. Ouch!

Violette, Larissa and Heidi are going to be joining us two weeks later, after making the same trip. Then our team will be complete. Violette will be helping Susan with the cooking, laundry, and all kinds of other necessary jobs. Larissa is going to be helping anywhere she is needed, but not taking the actual GRIT training. Heidi will have the hard part of joining the GRIT team 2 weeks after they start. Thanks for praying a little extra for her.

I am thinking that some of you are going to want to contact us during the summer. That is going to be a rare thing. We are at a camp with no internet access. We are trying to avoid dealing with too much technology and have more time to really grapple with God, His Word, and our responses to Him. I am going to ask Norman if he wants to post his email address here in case of emergency contact. But if that is not a good idea, he won't. Remember the good old days when it took 6 weeks to get a letter sent by boat overseas. Low interaction is not always negative. Your prayers are instant and very effective. Plus they get to the right Person, who can actually do more than any of us. Our family and churches know how to contact us, so that may have to be good enough until we get back to the USA. Maybe we can post a mailing address so you can at least send an encouragement card.

Stay tuned, Lee

posted by Norman @ 2:15 AM