So thankful

We continue to be amazed at the way our Mosaic family sent us out. We have not experienced that much encouragement, at that level, ever in our lives. I am having a hard time expressing myself and finding the words to convey what is going on inside of me. I just wanted to soak up our last week in Arlington and find a way to bottle it. I want to sip on it for a long, long time. I think the depth of relationships we experienced while we lived there was directly related to the pain we felt in saying goodbye.

We continue to be refreshed. We are currently in TN staying with some very special friends we met in Africa, of all places. They held our hand through some very difficult days and they continue to encourage us and love on our kids just like they were their own.

We are continually reminded of the love of our Savior and are so thankful. He paid the price and allows us to be in amazing relationship with Him, while loving others and bringing them along on the Way.

So thankful,

Denise for Whippleville

driving...

We left Arlington yesterday heading to the first part of many months of training. We get to see several friends along the way and parts of the States we haven't seen before.

We are so thankful for the safe trip, to Lamar Baptist Church for a great house to stay in and for Mosaic for sending us out with blessings and the encouragement we will need to get through the hard times that are sure to come.

We almost made it out of Texas last night. Nashville here we come.

Whipples in South Asia

Who would have thought we would end up in South Asia? We knew we wanted to care for people in other parts of the world and now, we headed to South Asia. We will be serving as counselors in that part of the world, but first....we have to get there.

We leave in a few days headed for a couple of months of training. We hope to land in country during the summer; get settled in a home and get the kids in school. We will be doing language study for the first several months. We will also be on a team sharing hope and striving to bring peace to broken lives.

We appreciate you reading about, praying for us and even communicating with us from time to time.