Truly blessed!

I cannot find an English word that can describe how grateful and blessed I feel for the amount of love shown, support given, and encouragement received.  For everyone that is reading this : Thank you!  The Lord has definitely poured a mass amount of love into my life from you guys!  If anyone from the Army is reading this, you all rock!  The journal filled with many notes and messages blessed my heart! It was so great working and getting know each of you over the past however many months!  Thank you Sarah Parson's for the book (again) and Anne, I thank you for the mars chocolate bar, which I am sure will fill us with energy when needed!

It seems crazy that tomorrow we will be rising, fairly early, to start our journey to Vancouver.  We will spend the night there and hop on the plane Saturday morning, arriving in Bangkok, after a short layover in Beijing, at 11:45 pm (Thai time.. not a clue what that is Canadian time.).  To give you a heads up, we will have 2 full day in Bangkok, hopefully meeting up with a friend Lexie, who will just be ending her backpacking adventure, to share with us :tips, advice, and stories !!  In the wee hours of March 7th, we'll be jumping on a train at 5 am , taking us to Cambodia, where we are volunteering our time with Hope For The Nations !  Nicole and I are beyond stoked for this opportunity to learn, teach, and have some fun!  For those who are unaware, Cambodia's highest crime is trafficking woman and children.  One of HFTN's main missions there is to rehabilitate these woman and children to get them back on their feet to live a joyful, hopeful life!  We've been providing an amazing opportunity to get involved in whatever there is to do: childcare, labour work, or teaching skills/trades!  We're not too sure what else they are setting us up with or doing, so we'll let you know once are feet are dirty! 

I received a message from a friend with the reference 1 Thess 5:16-18, "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks under all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."  I had been praying that this would be the Lord's will for my life, that He would open and close the doors that were needed.  What a confirmation from God through all of you! (And thanks Anne ;) )  God's taking us on an adventure, one where we will learn, grown, and be challenged together, and I praise Him every day for His faithfulness and His provision !

Thanks for reading! Thanks for praying! And thanks for your love!
Talk to you all in South-East Asia.. whatever country I may be in when I next blog !!