Togo Time

   So I know I have been super slack in my posts...welcome back to the school year! Part of that is because there really is no news about the adoption to share- you guessed it, we are still waiting! We haven't even moved anywhere on the list so that I can post about that (sorry, Jessie). What I can post about is Togo!

    God has worked his magic again and Justin and I are going to Togo again this year! We have a team of 21 (crazy that it is even larger than last year) going and I'm really excited that there are 3 other couples going this year. I think that will be cool. It's so different being a "veteran" this year. My entire perspective has changed and there is no nervousness. Now when they talk about things at meetings I get an accurate picture in my head of what things will be like, although I'm sure it's different every year. Tracy Jo and I are really working hard to find a way to share the message of Christ's love with the kids, last year it was total chaos. There were at least 200 kids at every clinic and it was impossible to do anything but sing and dance and play with them. While I completely and thoroughly enjoyed doing that, we both left last year knowing we wanted to have a different plan. The areas we are going into this  year have little or no knowledge of God. Close your eyes and try to imagine having never heard of Him... I can't imagine facing life's challenges without Him with me. It must be so lonely for them. They don't even know what they are missing!! The Pioneers Togo group will use our clinic to "plant the seed" of God in these villages and move missionaries into them to "help the seed grow and grow!" How cool is that? I am so excited!!