SP Orientation in Boone

Hi everyone! Ryan and I just finished a week of orientation in Boone, NC before we head out to Liberia. For those of you who don't know all the details of what we're doing, Ryan and I are going to work with Samaritan's Purse in Monrovia, Liberia, for one year. Ryan will be a Program Manager for a large food distribution project, and I will be the Finance Manager for the office. We're so excited as we had hoped to return to work with SP after we were married last year. It's been really neat to see how God has worked to bring us to where we are today. I'm going to try my best to keep up with this blog (maybe with some help from Ryan:) so that you guys can hear what's going on with us, and so we can also keep in touch with what's going on in your world!

It's been snowing some here in Boone this week which was fun. The weather in Liberia is hot and humid all year (with a rainy season and a dry season). Also just FYI, the time difference is 5 hours ahead. Anyways, this week in Boone was great to see old SP friends and also meet some new ones, and to be reminded of how God is working through SP all over the world.

Many of you have already asked how you can pray.As we leave on Sunday you can pray for safe travels and for a good transition as we settle in. I was reading the other day and saw this verse that I thought was also just a great prayer for us in general for this year.

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 "To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by His power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ."

Thank you all! I will try to get a website up with some pictures as soon as I can.