It is 5:30AM and I haven’t been able to sleep for the past hour! Yesterday was filled with plenty of activity around looking at travel plans, but this morning I am hit with the reality of all the little things that have to be done within the next two weeks or so and I have to get up and start organizing life! Along with the normal aspects of work and home, there are all the other little things like putting up the Christmas lights, coordinating certain schedules, making sure SOMEONE will be here to watch the kids, getting the oil changed in the cars, registering the kids for basketball teams, buying all the little things that seemed like you wouldn’t need for awhile and now you would like to have it within the next seven days, and has the camping trailer been winterized yet? In addition, I let Dennis Brickner talk me into coordinating kindergarten basketball this year and I have to make sure I have coaches lined up for the teams before heading out the door!

As with everything else, God has a plan. Not only that, people seem to be so very understanding. I’m sure there are multiple things that I will forget, but Kelly is super organized, so I know that if it is important she is probably on it and will make sure I know it needs to be done.

In the end, even if something does get forgotten, we can probably work through it. And, to be honest, those little things that I am worrying about pale in comparison to the disruption that each of these little girls are going to experience in the next several weeks. Their world is about to change dramatically, and although we know that it is for their long-term good, there will be times that they will probably not think so! But we have been praying that God prepares each of them for these changes and we believe that He is already knitting their hearts with our family’s heart. There were be times when this change will be challenging for all of us, but change is good and only happens with a certain amount of discomfort. Jesus wasn’t comfortable when he went to to cross, but He knew it had to be done for our benefit. If He could do that, I think we, as a family, can manage what is ahead of us.

Cameron