Archive for October, 2008

How the Calendar Fills Up…

The chaos has set in.  With just a week left until our intended departure date, the goodbyes and “Oh, but I’ll see you again right?”-s have begun.  The calendar has filled up with farewell parties, family dinners and prayer send-offs as more and more of our thoughts turn toward the life God has called us to overseas.

Every conversation, every place, and experience has become twinged with Holland and next week’s plane ride.  ”I wonder if this is the last time” has turned to “That was the last time I…”, while “How do we fit all this into this room?” at my parents house has turned to “How do we fit all this into six pieces of luggage?”  Each change brings its own dilemma I suppose, and we’ll just keep taking it one step at a time.

We need your prayers now more than ever as our requests turn to the particulars of transition and travel.

One-Time Update!

Just a quick update tonight before we head to bed: as of last night our one-time costs have officially been covered!  That’s right, the $24,000 journey to having all of our start-up costs has concluded, and now we’re within sight of our departure!  

The most obvious question on everyone’s mind at this point (I would guess) is, So when are you going to leave?  The answer to that question is dependent on two things.  The first factor is determined by how long it takes our supporters to let Worldventure know they will be supporting us on-goingly.  Provided all the right paperwork gets in through the course of the next couple days, we could be buying tickets as early as the end of the week.  Should this happen, we are faced with the other factor: how long we’re going to need to be ready to go.  As of now, our most likely dates for departure are either November 7th or 14th.  

God has been amazingly faithful in bringing us to this point and we are sooo excited to be following him on in to the new things he has in store for us!

10-26-08 Supporter’s Prayer and Send Off

On Monday Evening, November 3, at 7:00PM to 8:30PM the Prayer Team and Supporters will pray with/for the Wulf Family and spend some time with them before they depart for the Netherlands.  The prayer will take place at the “Kuppens House”, 15514 NE 14th Street, Vancouver 98684.   For information or directions please call 360-882-3622.

Sometimes It Gets You

Sometimes, at the most random of moments, I’ll find myself having these out-of-body this-may-be-the-last-time-I-_______ experiences.  Just the other night I was sitting at the end of the table at Vancouver Pizza Co. enjoying some pizza with the fam, when it hit me–”This could be the last time we do this before we leave…”  Not that it being the last time is bad, I guess.  Its more that it is weird.  

 Anyway, through the night I continued to replay the experience, rehearsing it from different people’s perspectives.  How would I have experienced that dinner in someone else’s, more stationary shoes?  Would I have interacted with people differently?  What things would I have said differently or not at all?  As I continued to mull things over, I got to thinking: What if I approached all of life like that?  I’m not just talking about the live-like-its your-last-day sort of stuff.  Specifically I mean, how would I live life differently if I knew today was the last time I would see a homeless person?  Or a paralyzed person?  Or someone being victimized by any of the many broken system in this broken world?  

Would their hurt effect me differently?  Would I say anything different to them?  Would I feel quite so threatened by their pain as I normally do? 

Funny the things moving around the world makes you think…

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