//Excitement//

As it gets closer to us leaving {3 more months!!} we cannot help but be excited! God has been amazing through this whole process and we are pumped to move to Kenya!

A few things that I (Kenzi) am just over the moon excited about are::

I am excited for the day we will FINALLY be able to have our own home.  We have been living with my parents the past year and they have been troopers! It isn't always easy having a one year old run around the house, climb on things, open every cabinet in the kitchen and pull everything out.  My parents have been a HUGE blessing to us and I know Emma has loved spending time with them.  We cannot thank them enough for letting us crash with them during this transition time, but I am sure they are ready {just as we are} to have their own space.  I am looking forward to the day I can unpack all of my boxes, including the ones that have stayed packed this past year, and have a place for all of our belongings {the few we have left}. We are planning to have a two bedroom apartment in Kenya which means Emma will get her own room and will not be sleeping in our room anymore.  It will be bitter sweet but I have never gotten to decorate a room for her and my heart skips a beat at the thought of finally getting to put her little room together :)

I am also excited to dive into the Kenyan culture.  For some reason I cannot wait to go buy groceries at a local market.  It sounds so fun to me! I will get to practice the little bit of Swahili I have been learning and fingers crossed I say everything correctly.  Now, don't get me wrong, I am terrified to speak Swahili because I currently know nothing, but you have to start somewhere right?!  I am also pumped to meet all the kids at the Home of the Good Shepherd, meet the staff with GGFAN, and start building relationships with our neighbors, GGFAN, and the tribes we will get to work with. My heart gets all giddy thinking of Emma playing with all the little kids and building relationships of her own.

I feel like I have been learning a ton of information and just can't wait to put it all into practice.  Our brains have been stuffed with so much great information lately and I feel like the only way I can process it is to do it.  Its like you have all the ingredients you believe you need to make a delicious cake but you have to wait for the One in charge to give you the green light to start baking.  If that made any sense at all :)

Lastly, I am excited to see what we will learn from the locals and from Jesus. I feel like my faith and relationship with Jesus has grown so much since this process started and I know it will grow even more in different ways when we get there. Jesus is just awesome!

Now, of course there are some things that are unknowns and naturally come with some concern, but tonight I am focusing on all things exciting.

Jesus, exciting thoughts, and some lavender oil will aid for a great night sleep!