In the beginning.....

For those of you who do not yet know, I am leaving August 1st to go stay with the Bornmans (a missionary family from our church who are now living in Mexico) to help out while Iris(mom and wife) needs to be on bed rest due to complications with her pregnancy! She is pregnant with her 4th child and has had 3 C-sections, previously. The scar from her C-section has been weakening and the doctors fear uterine rupture, if she is not very careful. If that would happen, Iris and the baby would be in serious danger! So, I will be there to run around after the kids (especially little Josiah who will soon be 2 and according to Iris, is very much into everything!), help with cooking and whatever else Iris would normally do but can't, due to her situation. I will also be staying until the baby is born (which will be no later than Sept. 23rd because the doctors don't want her to go into labor, at all). Her actual due date is October 7th so the longer she goes (without going into labor) the better! As of right now, my return flight will be in the beginning of October.

It's now only two and a half weeks until I leave and oh, how much there is yet to do! I thought that this might be the best way to keep everyone, back at home, in tune with what's going on down here! :) As of right now, I think that I will have access to the Internet often enough to keep up with this. But if that would for some reason change, I would for sure let everyone know to not get your hopes up! :) So for now, praying, praying and more praying would Rock! The fact that I am missing 2 months of work means that there will be "lost wages" or whatever you'd like to call it and then the cost of my plane ticket and such. So, you can, if you so desire, help me to pray for finances.....not only for me but also for the Bornmans medical expenses and misc. Also, for healing for Iris.....God is healing her and the more people to pray the better!

So, I will leave it at that for now and I hope to start getting pictures and videos up here as soon as I get there! Everyone knows that I'm a picture freak, so hopefully there won't be a shortage of them! Until later!

Karisa