Tomorrow's the day!!

SO...we had our last meeting last evening. Just one last chance to finalize details and just be together. We had a great time of hanging out and having some prayer time together before heading home to start some packing.

We're meeting at the church tomorrow morning at 10 to pack up several cars and head to Dulles Airport for a flight at 4pm-ish. As far as we can tell, we've done all the preparing we could possibly have done, and we are as ready as possible to get going! What lies ahead is unknown, but we are grateful to all of you who have told us you'll be praying us all the way through.

We found out last night that one of the things on our itinerary is a 4-day stay in the "Bush" of Libreville- clearing some land for a future church plant. I believe Tim called it "camping"...but I'm pretty sure he was using that word in the lightest way possible! Our church did some "camping" last weekend....but that included tents, air mattresses, and BATHROOMS (and a yummy all you can eat ice cream machine!)....I'm guessing it's possible this "camping" trip will include NONE of the above!!! I know for a fact that all of the girls are packing a SUPER pack of baby wipes for the possibility of squatting in the BUSHes and going shower-free for 4 days....we like to be prepared...not sure if that even comes close!

My plan is to update here as close to daily as possible. The internet can be unpredictable at the Brokkops, so that may not be possible (and, I'm guessing again that the BUSH does not have access to a computer, so for those 4 days we'll be absent here). If possible, I'll give the parents a heads-up when we find out which days we'll be setting up "camp"....which will be code for CALL EVERYONE YOU KNOW TO PRAY LIKE CRAZY- WE'RE CAMPING OUT IN AFRICA!!!!

I say all of that with somewhat of a chuckle...and somewhat not. We are in this for the experience and for the chance to serve the Lord in any way we're asked to...But, we'd totally accept whatever prayer covering you'd pour upon us as we go!

Thank you, parents for sending your awesome kids with us and entrusting them to our care. We promise to love on them as much as you do and bring them back in one piece with nothing broken, but perhaps a few hearts...we pray He'll break each of us in some way.

To my parents who are loving on Emma and Alex while we're gone...THANK YOU! Em...have fun with Bailey, and Alex...could you please clean up your room, I could hardly walk in the door this morning!!!

Stay tuned...tomorrow's the day and my camera is loaded and ready!