We're currently on the road, but before we left we had to say goodbye to some of our dear friends. Each day of the week a different group left from the flags, piling into the campus vans with all of their luggage and waving goodbye out the windows as the van drivers followed YWAM tradition by circling three times with the horn a honking! Destination: all over the world!!
Raegan had the best view of all the "goodbyes" from way up high on Alex's shoulder.
Alyssa's cool carry-on bag. Woah.
And our sweet friends Whitney and Kelsey, just before they left for Iceland!
During one of the send-offs, Raegan was playig with some young boys, karate kicking a big plant... all of a sudden, she was screaming and crying, stomping around. I kinda froze, but my friend grabbed her and swatted a couple dozen red ants off of her right foot. After a nice mini bath we put some itchy ointment on all the tiny bites- there were a lot- and she was fine by the next day. There are still tons of little bumps where the bites are healing up. That'll teach you to pick on a helpless plant I suppose.
Anyway, we bravely said our goodbyes, and now our school has teams in Mozambique, Cambodia, Nepal, France, Iceland, Jordan, Pakistan, Kosovo, and Los Angeles, California. Oh, and we're here in Texas, but soon returning for local outreach in Kona, Hawaii.
So, what are we doing in Texas anyway? Well, let me finally tell you what's in store for our next three months...
I have to start this story back in the first weeks of school when we met our new friends, Chris and Karis Lieto. He's a professional triathlete, one of the top in the nation actually. She's mother of 2 beautiful children and a successful business woman. But more importantly, they love the Lord and have laid down life as usual to be involved in YWAM, just like us! Also added to the mix are two lovely young ladies with amazing New Zealand accents and strong faith in God. The gals that nannied for our families have joined the crew as outreach members, to complete our small team. They both come from YWAM families and have been such an asset to our little family.
So, six adults and 4 kids storng, we are forming a unique outreach that we scheduled around Chris's racing schedule. Tonight we're in Galveston, Texas for a big Ironman race, and we're praying for a WIN! Tomorrow morning bright and early, Chris will swim 1.2 miles, bike 56, and then run a half marathon- 13.1 miles! That's 70.3 miles.
Last weekend he raced about half of these distances in Kemah, TX and placed 3rd! Here's Raegan, checking out the swim exit the day before the race...
"More Than Sport"
Jordan has been heading up the "More Than Sport" booth at the race expos. More Than Sport is the Lietos non-profit 0rganization to raise funds and awareness to make changes in the communities Chris races in. To find out more, or make a donation, check out the website here!
My 1st born!!
In between race weekends we stayed in Houston, and had some really cool opportunities to bless the local community. One evening I led worship before Chris and Jordan brought a word of encouragement to a Christian triathlete club called Tri4Him. They were visibly uplifted by the evening, and I made a few friends that I saw again this weekend at the race expo!
We are praying for a WIN tomorrow!
Back to Kona on Monday morning, but for now- goodnight!
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When are you going to post something else on your blog aunt danielle?
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