IN AMSTERDAM

Yeah! It's almost 11:oo pm here in Washington, and I just got a call from Steve. He's arrived safely in Amsterdam and says that the first leg of his trip went well! He said the flight went excellently -- he watched a few movies ("Cars," "Casa Blanca," "Pocahotas"), and in his words, "They fed us like pigs." He sounded wonderful. It's about 8:oo am in Amsterdam and they (Steve, Barbie and Mariah) have yet to hook up with the team from Illinois. Their flight from Amsterdam to Entebbe doesn't leave for a few hours.

It was great to hear his chipper voice! I thank God for getting Steve off to a wonderful start!

~Cindy

Over The Mountains And The Seas

As the popular song verse goes, "Over the mountains and the seas, Your river runs with love for me," so it seems appropriate as we depart Seattle today for Amsterdam and then to Kampala, Uganda.

The exciting part of today is we get to finally meet up with the rest of our team traveling from Princeton, Illinois. We'll be meeting them in Amsterdam during our layover and then together fly to Kamapala.

I've done all the work I could do at home to leave enough money for the family, pay all the bills I could pay, and leave my business prepared to do without me for 2 weeks (actually 9 business days, but who's counting?).

After much anticipation and planning the day has arrived and I am ready. Ready to meet whatever God has in store for me.