Preparing for the trip

Rich and I arrived home in Minnesota a week ago and hit the ground running. Unpacking the motor home, washing everything from linens to clothing, cleaning up the winter dust and mouse dirt, restocking food stuff. Then the Sunday morning call come that really put us into overdrive. Our family cabin/lake home was burned to cinders by an arsonist. We co-own with Rich's brother. Three more lake homes owned by his uncle and cousins were also torched. Big questions had to be addressed. Do we re-build, how big, will zoning allow us to build the same as before, insurance coverage-how much-trying to remember every single item lost in the fire.so it is on the claim sheets, installing the silt fence to prevent the ashes from polluting the lake. It is like a snoball on a roll to huge snoman size. We will be gone to the Ukraine during a critical time, April 23 to May 8th so we are trying to help as much as we can before we leave. Everyone has been cooperative and helpful. God is giving grace, peace, and strength.

Our preparations for the women's work are going well. The baby blankets and baby clothes are laundered in Dreft and are packed into one suitcase. The art projects and sewing class materials are purchased and ready to pack into more suitcases. Please pray that we can rest in God's provision for everything we need. Pray for health of one of the team members who is battling an upper respiratory infection and for Rich's cancer checkup on Monday. Thanks so much, Carol