Getting Ready!

      This past Friday was our last day of work. It was a very exciting time. Although in a way it seemed like a normal Friday. I know the closer we get to actually being in Romania this whole thing might sink in a little more. Or it might just hit us like a big slap in the face when we take our first steps out of the airport in Bucharest.  This past Sunday was our last Sunday at church before we leave. During second service our church prayed over us. It was very powerful and moving. I am pretty sure I was crying as soon as he called us up to the front, and it was down hill from there. I lost it once everyone started crowding around and laying hands on us. At one point I wanted to wipe my tears away and the best option I thought I had was to lean into Brandon’s shoulder and use his sleeve to wipe the tears. But instead I wiped them on whoever’s hand was on Brandon’s shoulder, oops... sorry! I promise it was just tears :) I am so thankful to have so many strong, loving and giving believers around us. Everyone has been so encouraging and supportive. God has blessed us with some pretty great friends and leaders. We have been filling these past few days with family and friends. Brandon and I have enjoyed spending time with everyone, we have had some fun conversations and delicious food! 

       We are almost done packing, we only have a few more small things to add to our bags. As I type this Brandon is triple checking that the weight of our bags is not over 50 lbs each. We were originally planning on taking one bag for all of our clothes and personal items along with our carry on bags and then using our other complimentary checked bag for all of the donated ministry materials. But everyone has been giving so many items that we started to run out of room. But God provided us with another option! We decided that we would check a third bag. So as of right now we have three bags that we will be checking (that already weigh about 50 lbs each), two carry on bags and my “purse”. We are trying to utilize all the space that we are given because we want to be able to take as much ministry materials as possible. So my “purse” is practically another carry on bag (within set airline guidelines of course!).

      We head out for the airport tomorrow around 12 noon. And our flight is at 3:40. We want to get there early just in case something doesn’t go as planned! Our first flight is to Dallas and then we have a 2-3 hour lay over. From Dallas we fly for 9 hours to London. We will be in the London airport for 7 hours and then we take our last flight to Bucharest, Romania!! Total flight time is about 14 hours. Total travel time is 32 hours (including lay over times, flight durations and time change). Romania is 8 hours ahead, so we will be one meal time ahead of everyone at home. During our lay overs we will be meeting up with some of the other team members who are flying in at the same time we are. We were all given shirts to wear to identify each other. From what I understand we will spend our first few days in Bucharest getting to know each other, exploring our new home away from home and getting over our jet lag! I will update yall as soon as I can. I’m not sure what our schedule will be but I hope to at least write an update every week.

Thank you for taking the time to read our posts and for your prayers and support!!!

Brandon & Becky