Difficult Times...In God We Trust!

So I realize I haven't blogged in a while, mainly its due to my busy schedule. So we are about 82 days away from leaving. I'm getting more and more excited by each day. I still need to do many things like getting skirts and other things for the trip. That is not the 'difficult times' I am talking about. Our group has been plagued with some difficult times in our group and in their families. Debbie's husband Don, broke his ankle and has been in a wheelchair for at least two months. He is doing better now, slow recovery, but good. He is slowly working his way to walker. Adrienne's husband, John has been having problems with his knee after an knee replacement. It was infected, had to be taken out, and he is waiting for the infection to clear before getting another knee replacement. Needless to say, we have been having wheelchair races at church. You have to laugh sometimes, it makes the painful moments easier. And yesterday we just found out that Ralph got in a coach bus accident, he is a coach bus driver. He is doing good, but they are taking everything day by day. Everyone's faith has honestly gotten stronger by these difficult times. It makes it easier to say "In God We Trust". Thats what we have to do right now, take each day as it is and let God be in control of our lives. We are praying that everyone will be able to go on the trip, but this is God's choice now, not ours. It is no longer in our hands, it's in better hands. Like the Natalie Grant song, "In Better Hands" says,

It's hard to stand on shifting sand, It's hard to shine in the shadows of the night. You can't be free, if you don't reach for help. And you can't love if you don't love yourself. But there is hope when my faith runs out...Cause I'm in better hands now