September 7

Well, our trip is almost upon us. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your love, support, prayers, and in some cases, supplies. A week from today, we’ll meet Rex and he’ll join our family. It’s hard to believe the time has come. This message contains the itinerary for our trip. As you’ll see, it’s more than an adoption trip; we get the privilege of visiting friends, delivering supplies, and ministering at a church before we meet Rex. After we meet Rex, however, our focus will be on him.

We’re so grateful that our friend Heidi Lewis of Heidi Lynne Photography is coming to photograph the trip. She leaves several days after we leave for the Philippines and will be traveling alone, so please pray for her safety. We’ll meet up in Manila on Sunday.

By the way, the time difference in Eastern Standard is twelve hours ahead in the Philippines. So, if you’re in the Eastern time zone at 8 am, it’s 8 pm that same day in the Philippines.

Here’s the itinerary:

Wednesday, Sept 9: Depart for the PH

Thursday, Sept 10: Arrive late in the PH

Friday, Sept 11: Spend time with friends at the Institute for Foundational Learning, a children’s boarding school, home and sustainable farm; Heidi leaves for the PH; my Dad’s birthday

Saturday, Sept 12: IFL; Heidi arrives late in the PH

Sunday, Sept 13: Minister at a church called the Little Jerusalem House of Prayer; deliver eyeglasses, Bibles, medical supplies, and funding for the feeding program in the slums of Manila

Monday, Sept 14: Meet Rex and receive him into our family; National Grandparent’s Day

Tuesday, Sept 15: Hang out at Loreland Resort

Wednesday, Sept 16: Loreland Resort

Thursday, Sept 17: Meet with the InterCountry Adoption Board

Friday, Sept 18: Depart for USA

We would really appreciate your prayers for:

Safe and on-time travel for us and for Heidi
The opportunity to meet Rex’ foster family
Peace for Rex in this transition
Good connection between us and Rex
Blessed ministry time

We plan to send updates during the trip, so stay tuned!