Five weeks until Cambodia!
Just a quick update on our Cambodia trip. (I'm going to start posting updates pretty regularly until we leave.) Things are definitely coming together. As with any short-term trip, there are challenges. Overall, however, we have a great feeling about what we're doing.
We're in good shape finically but still need to raise around $6,000. If you've not given to a short-term trip this year, I'd love for you to consider helping us. It's tax deductible and just a terrific ministry - helping give Christmas to kids who have pretty much nothing. See my post below for options on giving.
One of our biggest challenges is just getting our thoughts narrowed and the supplies we need to pull them off. We've got a lot of ideas. Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of direction from our contact in Cambodia. We're choosing to look at this as an opportunity. Our goal now is to have a few options ready to go and then decide which ones to use when we get there.
Our team is terrific. I'm really excited about the talents and personalities God has pulled together. We also have a great network of people who have supported us financially and are supporting us through prayer. We've had so many people offer supplies, more than we could ever take with us (we can only take two bag each :(). I'm always amazed at the generosity of the people around me.
Please be praying for our final weeks of preparation. Because it's such a busy time of year, one of my concerns is that we'll get on the plane worn out. Pray that we'll be able to find some margin in our schedules to prepare spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. The time change, the long flight, the different food, the lack of sleep, the germs :), all of those things can overwhelm a tired body (or even a healthy one for that matter). I would love to be in a position to give 100% to the kids there.
I would love to ask you to pray that everything goes great and we have not problems, but that's not the point. Just pray that in whatever circumstances we find ourselves, we would be patient, flexible, humble and reliant on God.
Talk to you soon.
Jason
We're in good shape finically but still need to raise around $6,000. If you've not given to a short-term trip this year, I'd love for you to consider helping us. It's tax deductible and just a terrific ministry - helping give Christmas to kids who have pretty much nothing. See my post below for options on giving.
One of our biggest challenges is just getting our thoughts narrowed and the supplies we need to pull them off. We've got a lot of ideas. Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of direction from our contact in Cambodia. We're choosing to look at this as an opportunity. Our goal now is to have a few options ready to go and then decide which ones to use when we get there.
Our team is terrific. I'm really excited about the talents and personalities God has pulled together. We also have a great network of people who have supported us financially and are supporting us through prayer. We've had so many people offer supplies, more than we could ever take with us (we can only take two bag each :(). I'm always amazed at the generosity of the people around me.
Please be praying for our final weeks of preparation. Because it's such a busy time of year, one of my concerns is that we'll get on the plane worn out. Pray that we'll be able to find some margin in our schedules to prepare spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. The time change, the long flight, the different food, the lack of sleep, the germs :), all of those things can overwhelm a tired body (or even a healthy one for that matter). I would love to be in a position to give 100% to the kids there.
I would love to ask you to pray that everything goes great and we have not problems, but that's not the point. Just pray that in whatever circumstances we find ourselves, we would be patient, flexible, humble and reliant on God.
Talk to you soon.
Jason
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