Crazy Days!

Okay, I am way behind on all that has happened this week...
So for now I'll quickly update you and do pictures and full stories later:)
Thursday- awesome dinner with the Smiths (provided by Nanny and Pops)
Friday- Not quite a Surprise Goodbye party with our precious friends!!! (Lots of pics from this wonderful night to follow, someday)
Saturday- Found out that the orientation that we are supose to start on Monday is postponed due to a massive viral outbreak... so the whole evening was spent rethinking the next two weeks and making new plans.
Sunday- An amazing last service at Northbrook- they let us share, surprised us by having Kara and David skype in from India, a special prayer time for us as they send us out. This was very emotional for me... we have a wonderful church family. They have loved us and supported us, been an incredible encouragement to us in the process of Going. The morning finished off by my sweet friend, Jill (Ann & William too) singing Rescue the Perishing. I love this song, it really touches my soul, it's why we are passionate about going, we must people are dying without knowing Jesus.
And all afternoon and evening friends have been stopping by to say goodbye. It is so hard to say goodbye to these friends, that really are family. We love them, they love us:) It has been extremely difficult to say goodbye! I have cried many tears and there will be many more as we miss our precious Jackson family!
Tomarrow we are getting a rental car and driving to Virginia. Basically we will figure the rest out when we get there. We think the delay will be about 2 weeks before training gets started. We hope to visit some family and friends and relax a little- we'll try to keep everyone updated as we know.