Sitting here writing this post and I have rewritten it about 5 times so far. I am sure I will have a few more rewrites before I actually finish it. I know exactly what I want to say, but I don’t really know how to properly convey my feelings in words tonight. I am so excited to be writing this and telling you our very exciting news. News that you were already expecting, but still exciting for us to share!
As I write this, I am so excited to tell you that in exactly 28 days, which can also be said as 4 weeks, or 672 hours or 40,320 minutes or even 2,419,200 seconds, the Kealey family will be sitting on a plane headed for Thailand! YES! We bought our tickets and will be flying to Thailand on January 1, 2014.
Where do we even begin? We feel like this moment is what we were born for. Jason and I have always had a heart for missions, and now that we are actually in the final stages of leaving to be full time missionaries, we know that this is exactly what God has called us to do. When we first moved into the RV, it felt so right for our family and we have had the most amazing time. This journey has brought us closer together as a family and has helped us realize what is truly important in life. It has helped me to truly realize what I want to teach my kids and what I want to pass onto them. I look forward to the experiences they will have and the exciting adventures they will get to have. God has blessed us in so many ways throughout this journey and the best part is that the kids have seen it and can recognize it.
And now is when it all begins. We begin getting rid of some more things that we have held onto, but that we don’t really need anymore. We begin our long list of goodbyes, see you laters, to our friends and our families. We begin packing all of our things into the 12 bags we are allowed to take on the airplane. We begin getting together things to entertain the kids during the 20 hour flight to Thailand. We begin to get ready to do what God created us to do.
As we begin the final preparations, we want to thank all of you who have been supporting us throughout this journey. We appreciate all your prayer support, your financial support and all the other support you have lent. Whether it was an encouraging text or email, or a phone call to say hi, a delicious dinner cooked in the crockpot, or a driveway to park Big Blue in, or even a playdate for the kids to have fun with other kids, we have been blessed by it all and could never say thank you enough. You have touched our hearts in more ways than we could ever say with words.
And so begins the final preparations for the next chapter in our lives....