We made it back safe and sound to Chilliwack late last night. We have been on the road for 34 days, slept in seven different beds, interviewed more than two dozen people, clocked about 6,800 kilometres and visited lots of friends and family along the way.

We are back to our home base of Ryan and Jenn Toyota’s place in Chilliwack, and feel so relieved and grateful to get to spend our days here as we prepare to leave the country. It is hard to believe, but we only have 11 more sleeps until we leave for Haiti!

It has taken me awhile to do another blog update because I’m just not sure what to talk about right now. Justin and I have had some good interviews with people from a small community called Stony Plain, about half an hour outside Edmonton. The people have been friendly, and the stories have been impactful.  But maybe for me, the reality is starting to sink in that this is my life for now. It’s not that I am just visiting with a few people and then going home. It’s not an extended road trip that we will be wrapping up when we choose and going back to our normal lives.

We are in our third host home, meeting with our second set of people. We are both excited to be doing Pockets of Change, and honoured that we have been given the opportunity to do this. Yet it is a very different life now, one that will take some getting used to.

We have again been amazed at God’s blessing showering on our lives right now. My old friend from Cranbrook and her husband live in Edmonton, and have welcomed us with open arms to their place. We have had a very blessed time with them, catching up on life, eating humongous bowls of Vietnemese food and staying up late discussing everything from faith to rabbits. I praise God that He has given us pockets of time for reconnecting with friends in the midst of our project.

It’s here! The day has finally arrived. Our blog is up and running, as are we. Sunday after church Justin and I left Chilliwack to begin our journey with Pockets of Change. We were blessed with perfect road conditions the whole way to Prince George, where we stayed the night with my aunt and uncle. Monday morning we discovered the same road conditions as we made our way to Terrace.

We plan to spend the week here, doing some support team building in Terrace with old friends, and doing interviews with team members from Kitimat’s Mountain View Alliance group.

I have been overwhelmed already by God’s provision for us. The family of God has stepped up to help us in so many ways, it just fills my heart with gratitude. A Christian family opened up their barn for us to store all our belongings so we would be able to save money. A Christian travel doctor took care of all our medical needs for a very discounted price. A Christian man in our church offered to take care of our cat Noah for the entire time we are on our travels. A Christian couple we know in Chilliwack housed and fed us for the week after we moved out of our home. Now we are in Terrace living with a family we don’t even know, but they have opened up their empty basement suite for us and made it feel like a home complete with a bed, food in the fridge and open arms.

I am so glad I’m a part of the family of God.

Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.  - Psalm 105:1-2