A "sad" day, made brighter!

Today was a kind of "down in the dumps" day for me. Yesterday, one of our short-term team members mother's died unexpectedly and that was difficult for all of us here. It was sad, it was stressful trying to get the airlines to cooperate with us in getting her home, and today it is hard not to have her here! I guess for Ken and I it was good to have to "deal" with that kind of circumstance should it happen again in the future, but it certainly was heartbreaking to see the team member go through. Please pray for Sandy and her husband, Paul back in Scipio Center, NY as they deal with this.

Today, while coming back from taking Sandy to the airport, Ken stopped at our PO Box and brought home a manila envelope. Inside were all kinds of greetings from the precious kids back at Hickory Grove Church. Tears welled up in my eyes as I read some their personal notes to each of us. So many said that they were looking forward to us coming home (they must know that Danielle is getting married and we will be back soon) and it tore me up to know that so many were excited about our brief return. Heather and Jordan read their very personal notes from the Bizzell's which brought huge smiles! I passed each note to Ruth, our intern, to read as I read each one and looked at the drawings. We are so thankful for this really special envelope today. It was so needed and God knew it! Thank you so much Hickory Grove Children's Church for thinking of us and for remembering us in your prayers! We could not do what we do without each of you!