It's been an awesome few days so far with Jon and Kristen, who are here for about 3 weeks, to put on programs for the kids in Borumlaca gypsy village and with Casa Alba kids at their upcoming camp week. There's a lot of work to do before tomorrow morning at 8am, which is when our morning will begin, for Day 1 at Borumlaca. A church was recently planted in this village but we have no idea if the kids coming tomorrow have been attending or not. We could have 200 kids or 20 kids - no idea whatsoever! I still need to write a few puppet shows and Jon, Kristen and I need to run through all of the skits. And, we are trying to find a way to present Jesus to kids who may never have heard of Him - all while trying to guess at the approximate age group we may or may not have. We decided to add a snack time in so that means guessing at how many salami sandwiches to make - 20 or 200? I'm actually enjoying the "we'll see when we get there" circumstances because it is making us trust God more to provide in every way and area of our time there. And Hope, baby Hope (not so baby anymore still...) she will be there. Courtney or I will personally go and get her there if we have to : ) Just God providing "Jesus time" with her there is fulfilling a lot of what He spoke over her when she lived with Courtney and I as a baby. I think I had given up a lot on Him bringing Himself to her because I saw her village as stuck in the middle of nowhere with no resources etc... Well, almost 3 years later and a church just started and God provided the opportunity for us to work with the kids this week. We have planned to do 2 days there but if all goes well tomorrow we're going to try and extend that to 3 days. My brain is everywhere though, can you pray for me about this? Today we cooked for the volunteer team and with all the to-do lists running through my head, puppet shows to write and translate, a little son of mine going through a more-than-usual defiant time, team worship prep for tonight - I'm forgetting things. Like making sure I had made a non-onion lunch option for one of our team members who can't eat onions. Seems like a little thing but not for them : )

Please pray for us though - these days at this village are going to be an incredible time of seed planting. Pray that Jon and Kristen get full nights sleep tonight. Pray that we are attentive to what Jesus wants us to do tomorrow, and how to adapt what we've planned to the ages and amount of children that may actually show up. Pray that the JOY of the Lord would spread all through this gypsy village because of what these children soak in these days! Pray that the church there would be able to take the growth that happens this week and build on that. That these children wouldn't be 'forgotten' admist the 'adult church' but looked at as much of a priority as their parents.

I'm pumped...so glad that all of you are on board with us this week....