Abe, Jill, and Easton Sobczak

The countdown has begun! On Feb. 26, we board a plane headed for Southeast Asia. About 35 hours later, we will arrive in Laos, our new home. Which means that just 5 weeks from today, we’ll be in the land of tuk-tuks, open-air markets, and noodle soup.
  Right now that means A LOT of sorting, storing, selling, and packing needs to happen!  I must admit I have never felt so overwhelmed by such a vast range of emotions as when we finally booked the tickets a few days ago.
  Initially, I felt total relief and excitement. We have traveled about 55,0000 miles and had over 250 services and meetings with supporters over the last 18 months. We did it!! GOD DID IT! The budget is raised! Woo-Hoo!!
  Then like a bad car wreck my next thought was . . . oh my goodness . . . we did it! Now we have so much to do! We have to pack our lives into ten duffel bags, take our sweet little one-year-old boy and move 10,000 miles away!
  Then like a freight train, the final blow . . . We’re going to be 10,000 miles away from family and friends we love so much! We’re going to be an ocean and several large countries away from sweet tea and vacations with friends and mom’s homemade chocolate pie.
  But finally, a wave of peace rolled in which calmed my mind and spirit more than any ocean tide. God’s reassuring peace that it will all be ok, ‘cause He’s just that good!
  All the bags will get packed. Our “stuff” will get sorted, sold, and stored. I’ll sneak in Lipton ice tea bags somewhere in the luggage. I know there has to be a recipe for that chocolate pie somewhere! I’ll have plenty of time to perfect it over the next three years. We will survive all the goodbyes – I’m really not good at goodbyes at all! And on Feb 26, we’ll get on that plane. We’ll leave to do all that God has asked us to do. And that will be my true act of worship. It’ll all work out ‘cause God’s in it!

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