Road Trip

We are on the road traveling. We signed paperwork yesterday to sell our home. Today, after Karis got out of school and Steve off work, we left Orlando and began what we plan to be a two month long trip. 

The purpose of this trip: meet with potential financial and prayer partners that will enable us to serve as missionaries in Poland and visit with family and friends all along the way. 

As Steve drops down hours (and pay) at work, we have a goal to reach 50 percent of our monthly financial budget by the end of October. 

We hope to be departing to Poland in July of 2015. 

Day one: we arrived at our first place of rest (Pensacola, FL) in just under 9 hours...pretty good with three littles to tend to along the way. Overall, it was a good travel day, despite three major rain storms! We thank the Lord for safe travels and for many who are praying for our family during this trip. Now...to get two of the sleeping children into the hotel for a good nights rest!

Off to Houston tomorrow!

More about this transition: http://www.convergeworldwide.org/give/188087

And Pictures...

I made a walmart run for snacks and diapers, and ran into Marshalls next door and found Polish dishes!

Our second rainstorm of the trip on day one, and yes we have Isaac's shorts on the dashboard to dry from an accident!

Dinner time in the car

Yes it is 5:30 am (local time, we gained an hour) and yes our kids are watching netflix in the bathroom!

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