Steve and Jenny Valentine

It has been quite the effort to process all the thoughts, feelings and changes that have taken place over the past month for me and our family moving across the world. Many of you back in the states have asked how we are doing, how we are feeling. Our responses have usually been pretty brief as it is hard for us to understand the full scope of how we are doing, let alone be able to relate that to you. We are grateful for the concern and thankful that God has placed people in our lives who care so deeply for us, so much so that to ask about how we are doing, to pray for us and encourage us consistently. Thank you. This means a lot to us. It has not always been easy, in fact quite the opposite. It has not always been filled with joy, but many tears. The truth is...I feel weak. This would be the best way to describe how I feel. We laugh (sometimes) that it often takes both Steve and I to accomplish one task here that would have only taken one of us to do in the States. This wears us ...

I have been mulling over this topic for a couple weeks now. It first hit me when speaking with someone a few weeks back about the timeline of our going. The conversation went something like this, Them: so when do y'all leave? Me: We are hoping for July, depends on when we reach 100% support. Them: Wow, that's only like (counting on their fingers)...April, May, June, July...four months! And just like that, I felt as though the wind was being knocked out of my body, I thought, "there's not enough time"! You know, not enough time to spend with those I love dearly. And fast forward a couple weeks, I was sitting in our last Bible Study meeting for the Spring, while listening to women share their hearts of what the Lord had been doing in their lives, I thought again, "there's not enough time"...Here. Spending time with these women who push me to the Cross and encourage me to continue to dig into His word. Then there was the day I sat on the cou...