Baby Steps!

One of the things that stresses us out is what to take to Kenya. While we can get pretty much whatever we need within an hour of RVA, there are questions about price and quality. Some tell us to take very little.  Others, (who tell us they are minimalists) took 15 suitcases for a family of four. Everyone tells us to bring chocolate chips. Good to know! But we are counting on a friend's cookies (that's you Kristin) arriving on a regular basis. No one has given any advice on Peanut M&M's. Pretty sure they don't know about Jane's dependency on the candy that melts in your mouth, not in your hands. Probably we will have to get the UN to do an airdrop for those.

A bit of back story is needed to put last weeks stressor in context. We simply don't do things late. We are the early bird that gets the proverbial worm. Jeff is a lifelong member of the "Time Nazis". Seven o'clock means 7...blah, blah, blah. So last weekend we get a list of 7 or so families that are selling their households, meaning all you would need to set up your residence at RVA. For a variety of reasons, we missed the boat. Gone by the time we inquired. Huh? We looked at each other and said, "Hey, should we worry about this?"

At first, we were thrown off balance. As mentioned above, this is not a situation we find ourselves in often. It was uncomfortable, but only mildly so. We have a plan moving forward. We are counting this as a win. We didn't waste time worrying. We so often fall victim to stress and anxiety as chronicled earlier in these posts. Odds are that we will have to learn this lesson again in a new setting. But we are seeing signs of growth in our faith. Yay! Now, about those Peanut M&M's?