05 June 2014

so so much.


  • a strawberry on our plant!

  • the 15 passenger van thing cleared customs! (the morning before we sailed!)

  • mooring lines are all loose – we’re on our way
  • knowing that so much love, prayer, time and resources were poured into the Nation of Congo these past 10 months.  

  • time on the bow
  • fort city success

  • delicious tomatoes
  • multiple picnics by the sea (deck 7)
  • cute little vacuum

  • questions that help reset my thinking
  • shirts that speak Truth

  • children playing peacefully
  • emma’s pretty hair

  • swing soccer
  • “fill me up” (song by bethel…or jesus culture…)
  • listening to eli learn “fur elise”
  • majesty

  • remembering God’s faithfulness (flipping through thankful journal)
  • fun dutch games (complete with stroopwaffles!)

  • facebook confessions (it’s fun to be especially truthful!)
  • joining with the waves in worship on the bow


  • when the response from my child to "can you please pray for me?" is "i already am, mama."
  • the freedom that being "stuck" on a ship for 2 weeks brings
  • randomly finding a kid dressed in a clown outfit for no particular reason
  •  how awesome josh is at his job