Preparing The Way!

As many of you know we are preparing to return to "our Africa" in a few days but this time it is for a new reason. We are on the way to pick up our newest addtions to the Philip family...our twin daughters Aaliyah Eyerusalem & Alethia Tizita. We are stoked, as you can imagine, but the preparations over the past couple of weeks have been long and heavy and in many cases tedious because we are not with our girls. It is so hard knowing you have two girls and being half a world away from them. I guess this is one of those times we just have to trust that God knows what He is doing and leave them in His hands. I always find it funny how we so often worry about these things when He has promised to carry us and be with us always. I do not say that to diminish the anguish of being apart from our daughters but to highlight our own perceived self importance. As if they would be any safer with us than apart from us. We always try to claim the strength to control the circumstances around us and yet it is clear that He has numbered our days and knows the very moment we will expire from this mortal coil. Thank God, He is sovereign and in control instead of us. I have added the pic of our girls so you can see just a glimpse of our double blessing. Please pray for us as we travel and are united with the rest of our family. He has already been preparing the way and has provided beyond our expectations! Ciao - Michael