Josh GarrelsMom and I just sat on the back deck with pecan pancakes, eggs and berries. Definitely the way I love starting off my last full day at home. Beautiful weather + favorite food = can’t complain!
It seemed so far in the distance and just a trip I dreamed of going. But we’re actually going. After all the anticipation and preparation, our flight takes off at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
We’ll have a pit stop in Frankfurt, Germany before finally heading to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After a couple days in the capital, we will head to Jima, Ethiopia where our sister church is located. We’ll experience our first church service in Ethiopia there then finish our minibus trip on an unpaved road to Mettu, our final destination.
Just in case you may be wondering, I’ve listed some fun info about our trip for you below:
Things You can be Praying for:
So, since I won’t be blogging for the next 5 weeks or so…I wanted to leave you with some of my favorite things so you can be looking, sharing, thinking, etc!
Favorite Graphic Designer: My very own Jeremy Cherry >> Check out his new portfolio site!
Favorite Photographer: Jeremy Cowart — He’s passionate + creative, he serves others and he’s worked hard to get where he’s at.
Favorite Band Right Now: Freelance Whales
Favorite Songs Right Now:
Take the World but Give Me Jesus – Ascend the Hill
Favorite Non-Profit (s) : Mocha Club / fashionABLE
You know this by now…I interned here last summer and loved every minute. You give up 2 mochas a month, or $7, to aid sustainable development projects in Africa. And then there’s fashionABLE. FashionABLE is a venture of Mocha Club‘s that sells handmade scarves by women in Ethiopia so they may have sustainable jobs…sooo awesome! Check out these awesome projects by clicking on the links above and go get yourself a fashionABLE scarf!
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Good luck and Godspeed to you both, may you enrich and touch many lives while you are over there . Be safe and may God bless and keep you!