You know when they throw in the “POKER CHIPS”..
 ” I’ll up you….. ( what ever )…

Coming home tonite…as we do from the Cabin on Sat. evenings…
 I come home to a special , special envelope:

   From:  Kristina Brockert
   To: Janelle Taviano
   For: Your Africa Trip !

Opening the envelope….. 
  ” Janelle , You can use this $ for in the airport, the building stuff in Africa,
or whatever you need it for !
                                                              Love, Kristina

a 20.00 and   …6  ones….from Babysitting…
   She has supported each trip…..
   She went to Germany with us….in ’01
   She gets who JESUS IS…in her life..
   She gets obedience..and she LOVES THE LORD…

beside the envelope – ” HER MOMMA ”
    upped the annie….. THE APPLE DOESN’T fall far from the tree !

Then to my emails : 
    From : Pastor Benson and Dorcas
 ” I wrote you a rough estimation of the budget but I have now come up
with the actual amount that is needed for all the events. There are a little changes.”

$ 1,000.00   changes……  ( muna muna )  smile smile………..
         cost of food to feed all the people at each meeting….  ( hungry, they do not listen as good )
         cost of sound system….higher
         Cost of Soccer Tournament – higher
         20 more Bibles to be purchased = PRAISE THE LORD
         Cost of Transport – buying tent in Nairobi ( Columbus instead of Cridersville )
         Cost of bed a little more – etc.   

Deep breath….  WE UP THE  – – – FAITH………
 Chel Brockert  and Kristina  –
     brought it down to    $ 774.00 ………. changes.

I believe we are 5 weeks out……

God is GOD – HE knows what all HE wants to do…
     so we will just ” up the faith ” …. muna muna !