I’m gonna be honest with you, internet readers, friends, stalkers, whoever you are.  I really don’t feel like writing this blog post tonight.  I actually just feel like shedding some tears.  I get this way from time to time, my husband will tell you.  And mostly there is no real reason.  I am just feeling overwhelmed…but all in positive ways.  My heart is on overload.

I took the above photograph during a quick trip to Target tonight.  I sometimes enjoy shopping alone, later in the evening, to just think, relax, and get stuff without little hands grabbing for things they “need!”  This guy greeted me in the bargain section, where things range from $1.00 to $2.50.  I picked up my little girls each a pair of white Easter gloves.  They love dressing up.

Then…that got me thinking…I’m about to leave my little girls for two whole weeks.  *gulp*  Fourteen days.  *sniff*  My family!  My heart is heavy with this burden, yet it also heavy with the burden of those people I will soon see & meet in Ethiopia.  There is a lot to be done, on my end.  My visa, my medications, packing, shopping, camera gear, recording bedtime stories for when I’m gone, loving on my husband while I’m here, etc, etc, etc.  But it’s good to stop and think that no matter how on “Target” I am on my end, nothing – absolutely nothing – will be able to prepare me for what God has for me across the ocean.  I am fully expecting to lean on Him as I cry for my family and as I cry for my new brothers & sisters in Ethiopia.  *sigh*  Pray for me, please.

Here’s a little video from last year’s group….