To Susie-Mum

Susie-Mum you'd be so proud of me! I got one suitcase out of storage yesterday and filled it halfway up. And I still have 17 days to go. I get more like you every day! Though I doubt I'll ever be as beautiful.

For everybody else reading this, just so you know, I have to most wonderful Mother in the world. She is short and has beautiful black hair and a lovely smile. She has done an incredible job at raising 8 children as well as being a pastor's wife for 14 years.

She has faith that moves mountains, and believes that God can provide all our needs just like He said.

She is flexible.

She is willing to uproot her life every few years to go wherever the Spirit and her husband lead.

She can pack a whole house with more strategy than a general, and muster the troops with more effective motivation than Robert E. Lee.

She can cram everything pertaining to the life and godliness of ten people into the back of our van and make it look like a work of art.

She can laugh.
She does laugh often.
She can cook a mean potato soup and her bread is out of this world.

She has Kingdom vision and is willing to follow it.
Even if it means moving her whole tribe overseas for six months and maintaining them in a new culture, language, and environment- with aplomb.

She plays the piano very well. I would much rather listen to her play than whatever-his-name-is (Andrea what IS his name?).

Do you know how much laundry 10 people generate?
There are actually days of the week when the laundry room is empty and silent.

She loves candles on Friday night, joyful music when life is hard, good books, sleepovers, and the joy when a loved one responds to God.

Her dreams are huge: "The World for King Jesus it Surely Shall Be!"

She is superwoman.