Wishing and Waiting...

So much for plans based on man's timing :) Kathleen and I were scheduled to leave Aug. 4, but it was not to be. After putting holds on flights, waiting for insurance companies to mail our needed paperwork, and getting ready to go to Minnesota to meet the new in-laws we decided not to force it and take a one week rain check. This was done with much prayer and still disappointment. We are ready to go, but it seemed that nothing was going the way it needed to for us to get to Haiti. The one week delay has now turned into a two week delay until Aug. 18 (and that is not definite). Now, we wait. Kris Thede told us from the beginning that we were going to need flexibility this year, but we didn't think we would need it untill we got TO Haiti. But the Lord works in mysterious ways. Who knows what He has protected us from or will do with the time we have in the states. We are prayerfully trusting that this will glorify Him.... it is his show.


Because we didn't leave on Monday we were able to spend some extra time in Wisconsin hanging out at Grandma Heneghan's house with Kathleen's parents. We started off the week going to see Kathleen's Grandpa and Grandma Moody in Minnesota. It was the first time I had met them. We spent the day listening to stories and learning about the Moody's life. It was a great day trip.


Then my parents came up for a couple of days (thinking it was the last time they would see us). We were able to go climbing at Devil's Lake one day and spend another day on Lake Redstone... both days were gorgeous. It is always a joy to spend time with family! We are thankful we will get to do more of that because of the delay.



left: That's my beautiful wife on a climb called Watermarks at Devil's Lake

Below: The climbing group Caleb, Jon, Kath, Chris, and Ron

So until we leave we will be continuing to finish up Wedding thank you cards and getting ourselves ready for Haiti. This week we were able to obtain 70 suture kits for the medical clinic in Haiti from Parkview Hospital. They were very generous to give us these much needed supplies. We are excited to see what else is in store for the remainder of this crazy year.