Our journey begins...

We have arrived at Indianapolis Airport and made it through security fairly quickly! We are now enjoying a breakfast at Champs , (Brett has the breakfast burrito, Shannon has Potatoes, and I am eating eggs and bacon---Brett thought everyone might want to know that ;) Anyway, we came with only 6 suitcases, and had to repack only two of them to get under weight, one of them was so far over there wasn't any hope of reducing! We spent 2 hours last night packing and repacking trying to get all of the toothbrushes, toothpastes, and instruments safely packaged. A huge thank you goes out to those who donated supplies and made monetary donations! The kids are going to be so excited to receive new toothbrushes!

Our kids are beginning their days with grandmas and grandpas, and we are ready to begin this journey. We hope that we are able to touch lives, and I'm sure our lives will be touched in return. What a blessing it is for us to be fortunate enough to give of ourselves. I truly feel that God has graced me with so many blessings, that it is my duty to return the favor in any small way I can. While discussing with the kids why we were taking this trip, and why I had to be away from them for a week, Trevor worded the deeds very eloquently. He said "When sometimes you are sitting there and you hear a voice in your head, sometimes you really should listen because that's Jesus telling you to do something!" Well said. Trevor and Katie ran to their rooms yesterday and brought out hands full of toys and said for me to give them to a little kid in Jamaica who is really good while I pull their tooth out:)

So while I miss my kids already, and I hate to be away from them for any amount of time, what a great example we are showing them! It is so important to teach our kids to be kind and giving, they are our future and we must pave the road for them to become successful and contributing.

I challenge you to do something unexpected and kind today. Look someone in the eye and smile saying "Hi, how are you?" , help an elderly lady to her car with her groceries, entertain a toddler while it's exhausted mother tries to check out at WalMart...anything. Every little bit helps! I know I'm not going to change the world by pulling the teeth, but I'd bet that pulling teeth might change someone else's world.

God bless everyone,

Have a great day!

Suse :)