Eastern Travels.

Very early Wednesday morning, our Grandma (Mom's Mom) went to be with Jesus. Gone from the world forever, she now sits at the Throne of our Heavenly Father!!!

Currently our family is in a flurry of packing and tying up things here at home to accommodate a 7-10 day trip. The funeral will be Sunday night in New York, so our family plans to leave early this evening and drive straight through to our Aunt's.

While we mourn the loss of Grandma, we are looking forward to the family time!! We're excited to see the cousins, Aunts & Uncles and spend time with them all.

We're also looking forward to going into New York City and to the ocean (the first time for our younger ones!!) while we're there.

---Prayer Requests---

• Comfort and Peace for Mom and her siblings as they grieve the loss of their Mother.

• Scheduling and Travel Plans: With multiple work schedules and commitments in our family, planning the trip on short notice is a bit challenging. Pray for wisdom and flexibility.
  
• Rebecca and Lydia are currently flying out to attend the funeral and be with the extended family during this time. This will likely be the last time they get to see cousins and family from Mom's side. We're grateful that they will be able to be there. Pray for their families as they spend a couple of days without Mom.


• Traveling Safety: We're anticipating a 48 hour round-trip, with extra driving time in New York City. Please pray that the Lord would bless and protect us as we travel, and give our drivers attentiveness and alertness. With 5 drivers, it'll be a much faster trip than in the 'old days' when Dad and Mom were the only drivers.


• Mechanical Soundness in the Bus: The bus is just out of the repair shop, and ready for the trip. Pray that the bus would run well with no mechanical failures, and we wouldn't be delayed by car trouble.


• We are currently in the midst of our busy chicken season and have 600 birds on the property. Many of them are outside in pens, which have to be monitored closely for predator invasions. The chores are time-consuming and can take up to 4 hours a day, just for the chickens, not including the other animals we have here on the farm. Our neighbors have graciously offered to take care of chores for us while we're gone, and the boys will be doing them when they are home as well. Pray that things would go smoothly; that there wouldn't be any predator problems and no major bird losses while we are away.

Thank-you for your prayers!!