The Night Before

It is Friday night and the bags are packed, the last card game has been played and prayers have been given by all the family. Tomorrow starts a journey to new lands and people: Turkey and Lebanon. I will have the wonderful opportunity to be in Istanbul with some dear friends, Aaron and Esra and their newborn son, William. What joy to be with them all - I promise to visit with Aaron and Esra! :o) Then on Wednesday I head down to Beirut for the Global Children's Conference. Hundreds of people from 38 different countries will be there. Many of them will be young Lebanese adults. I am so looking forward to hearing what God is doing throughout the world; to open my eyes and mind to how God is doing more than I could ever ask or imagine. The conference is: A one-of-a-kind gathering to equip and encourage leaders who minister the life-changing love of Christ to children around the world. If you would like more information about the conference, go to: www.globalchildrensministry.org. After that I will join some friends from Portland and do some training with Le Grain de Ble ministry in training children's leaders from Lebanon and Syria. Time for bed as the alarm will be going off very early! The next post will be in Turkey with some baby pictures!