Leaving Saturday

We wanted to take a minute and thank everyone for all of their support. It has been both affirming and encouraging. Once again, thank you for your prayers. God is doing big things and we are just thankful to be a part of that. Please pray specifically that we will have a safe trip out. We are taking off Saturday for Merced! We can't wait to see what God has planned for our summer. Just the feeling of being in his will--which all of you have continually affirmed for us-- is extremely exciting and really limitless. It is our prayer that God would use us in amazing ways this summer. We are praying that he would stretch us and develop us for his purposes. God is good. Be excited!

in other good news...

God has continued to provide for us and our extended family. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and thoughts for us, we are praying for all of you as well. Early this week we found out that Erica's grandpa Groeneweg's biopsy came back cancer free! This was a huge answer to very many prayers. Her other grandpa, grandpa Vink was also in the hospital but was released and is doing better. Last weekend was Grandpa Schaap's big birthday bash. The entire Schaap side was out and it was really fun to hear all of Grandpa's stories about his life.

I hope you realize our gratitude to all of you for your support and continued encouragment regarding our summer plans. We feel that God has been very active in plotting our plans for the summer and we are extremely excited to watch his plan unfold over the summer. Pray that we can be pure insturuments for him to be used for his purposes, not our own.