As I lay in my bed waiting for my mind to calm down I think about all the craziness that awaits for Heather and I in the land down under. I am excited and a little anxious for our trip tomorrow. It has been a while since I have flown such a long distance. I went to India 6 years ago and now I am headed on my longest set of flights yet. I think Heather calculated that we will be in transit for almost 29 hours and it will take us 2 days to get to Australia thanks to the international date line. This will be my first time in this country, Heather's second. I am looking forward to seeing a country that I have heard so much about. I have been enamored with Hillsong Church in Sydney for some time now because of the music and ministry that is going on in Australia and all over the world. I think I am most excited about seeing another culture that is in so many ways the same as what I know, but still something totally different. That and I love the accent. My plan is to document myself and how well I can pick it up over the two weeks we are there.
Please pray for our safe travel. Because of the show Lost, I can't help but think of....never mind.
Be sure to check back soon for updates, pictures and maybe even some videos. Who knows.
Blessings.
dain
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Update to "Wedding Plans" post
If you visit our blog, you've probably noticed that we rarely update it. Sorry about that!
But I did want to add an update regarding the request that we made to gift gifts to Youth Encounter and Samaritan's Purse, even though it's very delayed in coming. Most of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of you who sent gifts to us for our wedding! The generosity was overwhelming - we can't thank you enough. In fact, some of you we haven't even officially thanked yet....sorry about that! I guess we're quickly approaching the supposed year-long allowance for writing thank you cards - we really need to get on that! =)
But I also wanted to say thank you to all those who made donations to Youth Encounter or Samaritan's Purse in our name. At the wedding, we made the request of the guests to give a donation toward these causes as well, hoping that we would collect enough to buy 30 mosquito nets to help protect families overseas from malaria (which would take $300).
And when we counted the collection, we were amazed to have received over $1100! That gave us enough to purchase the 30 mosquito nets easily, plus buying a brood of chicks, Bibles for new believers, training for a local evangelist, and a bicycle for a local pastor to travel to nearby towns. All this and we were able to give over $500 to support Youth Encounter as well! And this was only what was collected on the day of the wedding - we know that several others gave gifts directly to Youth Encounter, Samaritan's Purse and other charities, which weren't included in this total. Amazing - thank you for your generosity!
So thank you again, with all of our heart, for the suppport shown to us at our wedding and to these great organzations. We're blessed to have so many generous and caring friends and family.
Peace,
Heather and Dain
But I did want to add an update regarding the request that we made to gift gifts to Youth Encounter and Samaritan's Purse, even though it's very delayed in coming. Most of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of you who sent gifts to us for our wedding! The generosity was overwhelming - we can't thank you enough. In fact, some of you we haven't even officially thanked yet....sorry about that! I guess we're quickly approaching the supposed year-long allowance for writing thank you cards - we really need to get on that! =)
But I also wanted to say thank you to all those who made donations to Youth Encounter or Samaritan's Purse in our name. At the wedding, we made the request of the guests to give a donation toward these causes as well, hoping that we would collect enough to buy 30 mosquito nets to help protect families overseas from malaria (which would take $300).
And when we counted the collection, we were amazed to have received over $1100! That gave us enough to purchase the 30 mosquito nets easily, plus buying a brood of chicks, Bibles for new believers, training for a local evangelist, and a bicycle for a local pastor to travel to nearby towns. All this and we were able to give over $500 to support Youth Encounter as well! And this was only what was collected on the day of the wedding - we know that several others gave gifts directly to Youth Encounter, Samaritan's Purse and other charities, which weren't included in this total. Amazing - thank you for your generosity!
So thank you again, with all of our heart, for the suppport shown to us at our wedding and to these great organzations. We're blessed to have so many generous and caring friends and family.
Peace,
Heather and Dain
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