Ephesians 3: 14-19

¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,^[c]15 from whom every family^[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. ¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge —that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

We are just a few days away from leaving for our first trip to Burkina Faso!  Aaron and I took our first malaria pill last Friday- thankfully we haven't had any of the wacky side effects that we were warned about!  Please pray that we will continue to maintain focus in our last few days of preparations for travel.  I don't want to leave my kids for 16 days. 
While we are away, the kids will be staying with family, but this will be the longest that we've been apart~ and none of us feel ready for this separation. 
We know that we can do it, by God's grace, and that He will provide the strength to each of us, but we don't look forward to saying goodbye on Friday!