We put Ben and Savannah (along with other missionary kids from our community here in Budapest) on a plane to Ethiopia. There Ben and Savannah will meet up with our daughter Liz. Liz is coming from Orlando, Florida, where she has been preparing for a summer internship on this Campus Crusade missions project. It has been EB’s and my prayer since our kids were born that they would be laborers in the harvest. Today we have seen God honor those prayers.
As eventful as that is, however, today is even more monumental for another reason. Today Ben left home. After his month in Ethiopia, Ben flies back directly to Kansas to prepare for his freshman year at college. Ben is joining Liz and dual enrolling at Kansas State University and Manhattan Christian College. Like Liz, he plans on playing basketball at MCC.
Ben (and Liz) will not be home again until Christmas. When our kids leave for college, they really LEAVE for college. No weekend trips back, no jaunts home to do laundry, not even home for Thanksgiving. It is sad for EB and me. For me (I cannot speak for EB) only the birth of our children and our moves have been more monumental in our lives. Yes, it will be more quiet and the pace of life may slow down. But we will miss Ben’s sense of humor, his individuality and his stories. With both Ben and Liz gone from the nest, a hole will certainly be felt.
Please pray for our kids and their missions project in Ethiopia. You can track with them at the project’s blog: www.mk2mkethiopia.blogspot.com
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