we made it to Bangkok

We made it to te guest house in Bangkok. We'll be headed out soon to find dinner. I'll try and post more tonight before bed.
Cambodia was amazing! I am looking forward to the next 2 countries.

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we made it to Bangkok

We made it to te guest house in Bangkok. We'll be headed out soon to find dinner. I'll try and post more tonight before bed.
Cambodia was amazing! I am looking forward to the next 2 countries.

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jet lag

Well, the sun just came up and I am wide awake. I was able to sleep for a solid 4 hrs tonight. I hear we have a long bus ride this after noon that I am hoping gives me an opportunity to catch a nap.
Hopefully these posts will become a bit more coherent soon. Sorry about that.

Here is an update:
Our flights were long, but good. We've watched far to many movies, and I have played over 100 holes of golf on the little video game (each seat has a personal video screen for movies, games and more)
Our friend Ben, who lost his passport, is now in Korea waiting for a flight to meet up with us. I really feel bad for him. He has spent a lot of time sitting in airports so far this trip. We are looking forward to him joining us and finally being able to enjoy the trip. Please pray that the trip will not be over shadowed by these difficulties for him. I know he must be frustrated.
Today we head to start visiting some of the alliance missions and missionaries. I am excited to see and learn about what is happening here.

It is hot and humid! Last night when we arrived, it was 85 and crazy humid. Weather report for today is more of the same. 90 percent humidity. My hair is going to be so curly!

I can't promise I'll have internet the next few nights. Don't worry, no new posts does not mean anything is wrong. I will at least give a quick update whenever I get internet.
I can actually write posts, and save them to my phone. So when I get a signal, I will post what I've written. Remember though, I am not posting everything we see and experience. I gotta have some stories to tell when I get back.;)

Time for a great day! I'll post again soon.

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we have arrived in Cambodia!

We are here. After nearly 30 hrs of Travel we have arrived. Some have slept the whole way, others just an hour or two. Me... somewhere in the middle.
The flights have been good. Our transfer in Korea consisted of deboarding. Going through security, and reboardong. It took less than 15 minutes.
The food has been ok. Rice and beef, chicken and rice, and some other thing have been served. It is a great airline! Even we go en slippers for the long flight.

We are very tired and looking forward to sleep, which may or may not come ;)

Thank you all for praying. We look forward to what is on store for us tomorrow and in the coming days. We are hopeful that we will soon here that Ben is not far behind us. Last we were able to hear from him, we were in LA and he was on Chicago hopeful of a midnight flight.

That is all I have for now. Thanks for following along.

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Prayer Card

Want a reminder to be praying for us as we are on our trip?  Just print out this picture and put it in a place that you will see it often.  As you notice it, remember to pray for us... 

crunch time...

Time is ticking and I am feeling the crunch. So much to do to get ready for this trip. Tonight I am feeling overwhelmed. I thought I would leave a few prayer requests here so you can be praying as we prepare for the trio.
1. Pray for the prep work - all of us are leaving our student ministries for 2 weeks. There us a lot of prep work to get done. Thankfully I am leaving our ministry in great hands.
2. Pray for good family time. We are all also leaving behind families. We want to maximize the family time before we leave.
3. Pray that God would be preparing our hearts now for what we will see and experience while we are gone.

Thanks for praying. I'd love to hear back from you all. Comment and let me know you are reading. I am excited you'll be following along with us!

Ps... sorry in advance for any typos. This is my first post from my cell phone (how I will be updating on the trip) sometimes the auto correct adds some weird words.

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PAID IN FULL

I am so excited to post that my trip has been paid for in full!  My plan tickets have been purchased and I am ready to go!  I cannot begin to say thank you to all of you who have supported as I raised funds for the trip.  I am blown away at the response that I received!  Donations from $2.00 to much larger have been a constant in our mailbox.  I am so thankful for my friends and family that have been so supportive of me.
From the very beginning, the cost of the trip was the biggest obstetrical.  How could I pay for this trip on my own?  Could Kate and I really afford to do this?  The more I thought and prayed about this trip, the more that I knew that it was something that God was leading me to.  The fact that my trip is now paid in full is another testimony of God providing!  Before I left on vacation, I was $450.00 short on my funds.  As I walked out of church on Sunday morning, I was $10.00 short!  Thanks to those who helped support me.  My prayer is that God would bless you as you have blessed me!
Now that the trip is paid for, the reality of the trip is starting to set in.  I cannot believe that in just under 60 days, I'll be headed to Asia!   Looks like I better start getting things in order.  I am already excited about what God will do in and through this trip.  I know that it is going to be an eye opening experience for our team!  I am also anticipating that God is going to use it in huge ways in our student's lives as well.
Thanks for your support of my trip to this point.  If you would like to be praying for the team and I, here are some specific ways that you can be praying:
1.  Not everyone is fully funded.  Please pray for funds to come in for the other teammembers
2.  Pray that God would be preparing us for our time in SE Asia.
3.  Each of us are leaving behind family and ministries.  Please pray for our families.  Please also pray for our ministries.  Us being gone, means other leaders need to step in and take over for us.  Please pray that God would prepare those leaders.

Thanks for your support!