In the words of Margaret Mead, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Brian, Brianna, Landon and I took our first medical mission trip this summer. I have been wanting to take our family on vacations with purpose for some time now. Next time we will bring the girls (wanted them to mature a bit:). The experience-
AMAZING! No cell phones, no tv, no computer and for part of the trip....
no showers! And guess what we loved it. EVEN ME! I get bored so easily (u know my undiagnosed ADD, which is probably close to being diagnosed, ha).
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It was very inspiring watching Brian relate to the people of this village. Alexa was a great translator. And, as always prayer can break through any language barrier!
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Our teens are awesome! I remember when Brianna and landon were toddlers and I would get so exhausted from all the baby stuff - people would say to me "just wait until they are teenagers". Well so far they are wrong. I love every single day with them. I have to say Brian and I thoroughly enjoy them. All the teaching moments, all the moments they teach us, challenges, emotional times, watching their personalites emerge into something more beautiful each day. I LOVE IT ALL! My kids will forever be my heroes. I was asked what inspires me to be a good mom....MY KIDS inspire me to be a extraordinary mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brianna and landon- I was so proud of you on this trip! You handled every bit of it with grace and dignity. You lived up to your name! Dad and I couldn't ask for better teens (even if we wanted to you are ours haha)
Do we really have 2 middle school age children??????? That is crazy how time flies. I remember older, wiser friends and family warning us about how fast time goes with children when we had 2 babies in diapers. They would look at us and say "Enjoy them while they are little because before you know it, they will be grown". That is such a hard concept to believe when you are in the midst of busy parenting, diaper changing, constant chaos, busy schedules. It is still a hard concept to believe in the midst of running kids around, family schedules, wondering who has what when. Brian and I juggling where everyone needs to be -often times splitting up to make sure everything is covered. I remember thinking date nights were hard when they were little still in diapers, but wow...now date nights are even harder. The older they get and the more kids...the more things to coordinate. If only we would have known back then to take advantage of those "slow" times. It takes more coordinating, more juggling, we have to work harder on our relationship. It is even easier to let that fall to the back burner now. We thought it would get easier as the kids got more self sufficient. Oh...the lessons of life:)
