Well, it's tough to beleive it but Adie and I have been married for 38 days already. Where does the time go? I'm sure we'll be saying the same thing to ourselves at our 10 year, 25 year and 50 year anniversaries as well!!
Tomorrow, I leave for Buffalo, NY to see my family for a week. The original intent was to have Adie fly out with me but her 83 year old maternal grandmother took a turn for the worse about a week ago when she fell out of her bed and broke some ribs as well as her neck. Since that point her health has been declining and just this past Friday they moved her over to a Hospice home where we expect her to not make it through the end of the week. Due to this, she's going to stay back with her family for an extra week before meeting me in Buffalo on the 16th and then fly out with me on the 18th for Togo.
I remember the flood of emotions that I had leaving for Togo the first time and knowing that it would be quite sometime before I would come home again. I can ony imagine the emotions that Adie must be going through now with those thoughts and now the thoughts of her grandmother and family. Thankfully her grandmother knows the Lord so to be absent from us is to be present with Him so that's a great relief in a testing time.
Despite all the business, we are starting to gear up and get excited. It'll only be another 10 days or so and we'll be heading to Togo to continue our second term; and my first time as a missionary with a wife! Exciting times lie ahead!
