Kansas City

Today is the first day of our Candidate Orientation with Crossworld. We arrived late last night in Kansas City, MO. The kids did well traveling but we are all kinda fighting a cold that has been lingering for 3 weeks.


As we woke up this morning and went for a walk in beautiful Missouri, Brad and I reflected on how surreal this moment is for us. We have been talking, praying and processing about these next two weeks for a long time. The Lord has given us little bread crumbs along our journey and they seem to be just big enough for us to work through and not too daunting. It would be so easy to have minor (major) freakout moments when we take the whole picture into account. Today was the first time that Thailand felt tangibly real. I could feel it. In my heart. Quick get me a paper bag to breathe into! 

Our next two weeks are full of assessments; Bible, personality, language aptitude and interviews.We also will receive training on raising support.  We are going to be pretty busy, but there are a couple days off. The kids will be in classes as well. Since Sawyer is home schooled, she will continue to do her school work but also will be going through studies on missions work and moving. Barrett will do the usual, playing and eating! Both the kids are having fun thus far playing and running around outside in the crisp weather. 

We are staying at Crossworld's training center. There are 7 other family's or candidates here for the CO and 8 other families that are doing their Pre-field orientation. We each have our own rooms with 2 bathrooms, a living room area and a kitchen. Its sort of a merge between hotel and dorm. Its roomy which is nice for antsy kids. We were able to walk to the grocery store and by food and snacks for the stay. 

I am going to try and write a couple updates during our stay. 

We walked to Dunkin' Donuts this morning to get some treats and Vanilla Chai!

 "This is deer country!" from none other than Brad

Sawyer loves seeing actually leaves on trees that are red and yellow!