Am I Encouraged?

Before I left home, two incredibly awesome people who mean the world to me, Janelle Prenkert and Kate Berkey, got together and sent out a letter to my friends and family asking them to write me encouraging notes/cards that I could open during my time here in Kenya.  Words of encouragement are my love language.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about when I say that, then I recommend the book “The Five Love Languages”…it’s a good read!

So, am I encouraged?  I currently have 167 cards hanging all over my apartment that are a daily reminder to me of the love, support, and encouragement I have from home!  I have been here just over 6 months…that means I’ve had a card to open almost every day!  If ever I’m missing home, I need only to pick up one of the many cards hanging around and reread the message written inside!  I have been more blessed by them than those of you who wrote them could ever know!  God has been speaking through them and using so many of you to encourage me exactly how/when I need it most!

Just one of the many places the cards are hanging! (The total doesn't include pictures/drawings!)

I am blessed!  I knew that before I came, but it’s all the more evident to me now as I consider how many people have come along with me on this journey!