So many have stopped and asked us what would make us think of even doing something like this. Well, the seed was planted over a plate of cookies that Doug dropped off at Smiths. Matt was visiting with Doug on his way out the door and said something like, "What would you guys think of pulling your kids out of school, homeschooling them and taking them on a six month humanitarian trip with us?" I don' t know that Doug even gave a serious response because all I heard about was just a lot of laughing. Then, later that night--we were talking about our day and we looked at each other, stopped laughing and really thought about it. "What would we think?" Of course, that was quickly followed by more laughing-- "like, are we really considering this???? This is crazy!"
Or is it?...................
Well, after a lot of thought and prayer, we concluded that the list of pros was much greater than the list of cons. The opportunity--to take our kids out of their sheltered world to show them what the real world is, in an attempt to bond closer as a family and to show them the joys of serving others--seems like our best choice. So, off we go--"With the intent to do good!"
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