Our Schedule

I've had many people ask over the past couple days where are you going and when?  So today, here is a snapshot of what is ahead of us for the next 23 days.  I'll keep the blog as up to date as I can over the next days, but please keep us in your prayers and thoughts.  We will be depending on the strength of God in a way we haven't had to before to accomplish all that is before us.

• Thursday, July 8

• Today is my last day at work until August 2.
• Friday, July 9 
• Scott's last day at work until July 26
• Alex returns home from camp in the afternoon
• Packing and cleaning (house is still on the market so house must being showing order when we leave)
• Saturday, July 10
• We will drive to Independence, Ohio (about 8 hours) and stop for the night
• Sunday, July 11
• We will drive to Farmington, MI (about 4 hours)
• Check in, unpack, and meet other missionary families
• 5:30 is the official beginning of the Member Orientation Program (MOP)
• Monday, July 12 - Wednesday, July 21
• Each morning will begin with breakfast with all the families at MOP
• Hannah and Alex will then spend the morning in classes designed to help transition children/teens to the mission field
• Scott and I will spend the morning in classes covering topics such as
• Spiritual Life
• Expectations
• Coping with Cultural Stress
• Cross Cultural Servanthood
• Leave and Cleave
• Mobilization
• Church Planting
• Finance
• Health
• Moral Purity
• Language
• We will all eat lunch together (as well as meet with SEND staff during our lunches)
• The afternoons for Hannah and Alex will include "play time" while Scott and I return to classes
• Dinner is back together with everyone (a lot of together time during these two weeks) followed by fun activities and homework in the evenings
• Wednesday, July 14 - Sunday, July 18 Zach has off from camp so will be at home alone - sad that his only days off that are long enough for us to see him are while we are gone
• Saturday, July 17 - Sunday, July 18 we hope to travel down to Adrian to visit with friends from the years we lived in Michigan
• Thursday, July 22
• This day is designed to be a Day Alone with God. 
• Hannah and I will leave SEND around 2:00 and head for the Detroit airport, where we will fly to Memphis and then Raleigh to meet the Honduras mission team that I am leading.
• Scott and Alex will remain in Michigan to finish MOP
• Friday, July 23
• 6:55 AM Hannah and I (along with 10 others) will depart for Honduras
• Scott and Alex will complete MOP around 5:00 and then drive to Canton, Ohio (about 4 hours)
• Saturday, July 24
• Scott and Alex will tour the National Football League Hall of Fame (definite father/son time) and then continue the drive home - they are unsure if they will drive the entire way home or stop again, depends on how tired Scott is since he has to do all the driving (about 8 hours)
• Monday, July 26
• Scott returns to work after being gone for two weeks - imagine his desk
• Tuesday, July 27 - Thursday, July 29
• Alex attends soccer day camp
• Friday, July 30 - Sunday, August 1 
• Scott and Alex drive to Arapahoe, NC to visit with Zach
• Saturday, July 31
• Hannah and I travel home from Honduras - we arrive in Raleigh around 11:00 PM and will then drive to Kernersville - hope to see our beds by 1:00 AM
• Sunday, August 1
• 1st time back at Cornerstone in three weeks - will definitely be ready to see friends
• Alex heads to my parents for a week of spoiling and pampering
• Monday, August 2
• 1st time back at work in 23 days - can you imagine my desk?