...Here we go...

Hello to all, and thanks for checking out our blog. Just a note on the obscenely long title: I've been listening to a lot of Phil Wickham, and thought, if there was any message I'd like to take to the people of Estonia, Phil's message of "Divine Romance" would be it. He says, "For You I sing I dance/Rejoice in this Divine Romance/Lift my heart and my hands to show my love." The hope of my heart, and for Josh's as well, is that those we meet would connect to the God of the universe, whom in so many ways is seeking to sweep them off of their feet and into a revolutionary love.

In this blog, we want to share our accounts of what Jesus is up to in Estonia: how He's moving and bringing people into Himself, and how He's using broken, but redeemed, people like Josh and I to do His work. I'm ridiculously excited to share with y'all. Please keep looking to see what's up. Wherever you are, you are partners in prayer, and those prayers will be invaluable. And, we'd like to pray for you too. Keep in touch.

Now, we get down to business. On Monday morning at ten, our journey will begin. We'll be flying out from Shreveport, to Houston, to Richmond so we can start eight weeks of training. Please pray that we'll be clever enough to rearrange our luggage so we stay under the weight limit. Pray that all our travel stuff goes to plan, and for all the others traveling to Richmond. There are a bunch of us coming from all over. Pray that we can make strengthening connections to the brothers and sisters we'll be living in such close proximity to for the next eight weeks. Finally, pray that God grants our families a lasting peace about our leaving. Thanks to those who've already been doing so in that regard. It's been a little hard, but I think we've actually grown closer as a result. We love you all.

---Meg