Last week I returned from a week long support raising trip
that Amy Duncan and I took to Indiana. It was such a fun week and we were so
blessed by people along the way.
The downside of the trip happened early on, so of course it
went way uphill from there.
(Amy’s car after a little fender bender outside Nashville
Day 1) :-/ It was her first accident and definitely a bummer way to start the
trip.
Our first stop was in Nashville, Tennessee where we stayed
with some old family friends, the Geyers. It was so awesome to be able to
reconnect with them and they were so gracious and hospitable!
Next we went to Oussian, Indiana to stay with Amy’s parents.
The Duncans were so awesome and took care of me as I was sick with a bad cold
all week! I loved getting to know Amy’s family, especially since I’ll be
spending the next 2+ years with her!
The first night we were in Indiana, we went to speak at a
church for the youth and some parents. It was such a cool experience! Amy and I
hadn’t done a presentation together yet, so it was cool practice for us. The
group was so awesome and had great questions to close. I loved how passionate
the youth got during our talk and how excited they were to get involved and
help combat injustice going on in Burma!
One of the really awesome parts of getting involved with
this church too was that several members got together and donated a bunch of
their old stuff to our Burmese family in Clarkston, Ga!! We were able to load
up a car full of toys, clothes, baby things (the mom is pregnant), and even a
rocking chair, to take back to Georgia with us! (blog about this soon to follow…)
As a way to raise money to pay for our gas for the trip, Amy
and I did manual labor with her father on a family friend’s farm. I learned how
to drive a tractor, use a chain saw, and spent endless hours cutting down old
metal fencing with wire cutters. It was cold and exhausting, but we had a good
time and were really blessed by the money.
Before heading home, we also got to spend a few hours in
Chicago to reconnect with old friends which was so great! I had never been to
Chicago before!
We also hung out in Anderson, IN a few days where Amy has
several supporters and got to meet up with them and share our hearts too.
Thank you for all your prayers during our travels. It was a
long trip and it was funny for me to be a little homesick for Gainesville! Who
would have ever thought 😉
All in all, God taught us a lot and it was so great to see
His blessings flow.
