twentyeight19.org

Most of you may not realize it, but today is a very big day for our team. Today, in many ways, is the realization of dreams, plans, hard work and many many prayers over the last 4 years. Right now, as I type this, the Davidsons are sitting in an airplane somewhere high above Central America on their way to Lima. If all is going well, their little ones are conked out, probably sprawled across their laps. I imagine them mindlessly watching some mediocre romantic comedy with a million thoughts running through their minds… imagining, or perhaps trying not to imagine what the coming days have in store for them.

You see, the Davidsons will be the first of our team to arrive in Lima. For another month or two, the Fletchers will be in Abilene before joining them. For the next 4 months or so, the Thompsons and Mark will remain in Costa Rica studying Spanish. While we, the Yoakums, will be here in Texas at least until the summer before finally joining the rest of the team.

Try to put yourselves in the Davidsons shoes tonight… their tickets are one-way and they’ve got two nights reserved in a hotel… beyond that, the Lord only knows. I’m sure the next few days for them will be hectic and exciting and stressful and wonderful and horrible all at the same time. They will be looking for housing, trying to figure out transportation, getting familiar with the city all the while trying to keep up in a hundred conversations in Spanish. If you know them like I do, then you know that maybe nobody is more up to the challenge than they are. I know that God will continue to meet their every need and I have no reason to doubt that he will continue to pour out blessings in abundance. Nonetheless, join the rest of our team in lifting them up in your prayers as they get settled in Lima, their new “home.”