We’re taking a road trip across the United States!  Can you believe it?!?!

Before we came to Michigan, we sent out an email letting people know we needed a vehicle for our time in Michigan.  God provided a van within 15 minutes!  Isn’t He amazing?!?!  As well, because the vehicle we had in WA wouldn’t fit 6 (baby in October), they said we could take the van with us.

So, we started thinking about a cross-country road trip.  It’s not every day that a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity like this comes along!  It was a bit daunting at first, but we’re all excited.  Christina’s been working on road trip ideas, backpacks with binoculars, binders, and other fun things for the kids, games for in the car, and fun school stuff.  The kids have traveled really well during our road trips around Michigan, so we hope that they travel well on this trip.

We plan to leave tomorrow (Thursday, August 13) and arrive back home about 2.5 weeks later (Monday, August 31).  We’ll be visiting multiple states and landmarks along with friends, family, and ministry partners.  We’ll hit Chicago, Minneapolis, Mt Rushmore, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Spokane, just to name a few.  It’s not the most direct route, but definitely a more enjoyable one!

Please pray for safe travels, alertness on the road, happy kids, and good visits.  Please also pray as we finish packing, sorting, shipping, etc here in Michigan: the last few days can be quite hectic.

Grateful for a God who provides exceedingly, abundantly more than we could ever ask or imagine.