With Loss Their Is Gain

My Mother-In-Law with "Da Man"

My Mother-in-law died in the midst of our Ethiopian travels.
The day we met M...

our first day in Ethiopia...

day 3 of our journey...

was also the day we found out My husband's Mom had passed.

We knew it was very likely she would go while we were traveling,

but it was still a struggle to process while we were so far away and,

in the middle of something so incredibly joyful.

We know God is Sovereign.

We know that it was HIS will.

In sadness we will praise him and in joyous times ...

we will praise him.

"Pancake with M"

The Long Awaited Moment

My God is So Good So Strong & So Mighty,

There Is Nothing My God CANNOT Do!

Thank you Lord!

Moments after we were united

what a trip

We were giddy, and goofy, and abounding with joy for our Ethiopian trip!

After all the packing, praying, arranging, re-arranging, weighing bags, praying, late nights, lists, phone calls, emails, cleaning, organizing and more praying....getting on that first airplane to Washington D.C. seemed like a vacation. Pancake got her window seat and we listened to an audio book on the ipod...we were on the way to get our M. Any lists, phone calls, organizational tasks, planning...none of it mattered. What was done was done. We were on our way...breath...thank you, Lord!

The trip was quite an adventure....No heights, nor depths, will keep us from our M. No hours upon hours of travel, nor canceled flights, nor sleeping in the the D.C. airport, or no leg room, or bad customer service, nor no luggage....will keep us from our M. Amen!