Vietnam...

In 5 weeks Jason and I will be taking a team of 6 other people from our church to Vietnam on a missions trip. Wow!

In the beginning of 2011 our youth were a part of an orphan campaign called Heartwork. www.heartwork.tv Heartwork is an organization that raises funds to help orphans across the world. Our youth, with the help of some donors ended up raising $40,500. We are so proud of them and their efforts. We designated those funds to an orphanage in Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam and another in Mozambique, Africa. This February the missionaries who help the orphanage in Vietnam invited Jason to come and bring the money personally to give to the orphanage. Jason jumped at the opportunity and got the trip put together for me and 6 other people.

We will leave on Tuesday, April 24th and travel through Hong Kong to arrive in Ho-Chi-Minh City (formerly Saigon). We will spend 5 days being a part of the coffee shop they run and visiting the orphanage.  On the way back we will spend a day and night in Hong Kong and have an opportunity to sightsee.

My mom will be coming up to stay with Sarah and Brayden for a week and then they will spend the last 3 days with Jason's parents. I am definitely going to miss them, but we should be able to Skype and talk with them at least every other day. I know they will be in good hands with their grandparents. This will be the first time we will be away from either of them for this long. Praying already that our hearts won't ache to much from being away from each other.

Will keep you posted as the trip gets closer with more details.