It’s that time, guys. Transitions. Endings. Next steps. Change.
It’s almost a year (!!) since we landed back on USA soil after having only a week to pack up our house. And here we are again, packing up our house to move on to the next thing.
Our paper chain countdown to the next adventure! 
Little friends and hard goodbyes.
We just wrapped up our time at the Ethnos360 Training. There’s definitely mixed feelings about it all – excitement for being one step closer to getting back to Arizona, and sadness for the friends left behind. It was such a sweet time and I’m thankful for the time spent, and the friends and memories that we’ve made.
Last post, I shared that we were getting ready to go to Simple Living – 17 days off-the-grid in the woods of Missouri, living in plastic houses and cooking over a fire, all while taking classes out there as well. It was an adventure, and while it was hard and sometimes unpleasant (a stomach bug came through the whole 50+ person camp), we’re glad we were able to do it as a family with our team. If you’d like to see some pics of our time out there – click here.
Field Medicine class – learning how to give injections and take vitals. 
I had “good view” ears – so my classmates practiced on me.
Right now we’re in Wisconsin, visiting our friends, and church families that we haven’t seen since Lucy Mae was just 3 months old! On our way up here, we took it kind of easy and stopped at the zoo for the afternoon. It was so nice to do something fun after the hard farewells to home and friends. We haven’t had much down time for the last few months so it was nice to move a little slower.
Loved having the wagon at the zoo! 
Lucy Mae loved the snake house! 
The dinosaurs were a highlight, too! 
Our professional navigator. 
The hippos were very active and swimming. Lucy Mae loved the fish in the tank, too. 
Worn out! Extra thankful for the wagon now. 🙂
We’ll be here in Wisconsin for a couple of weeks before we start driving down to Arizona to begin helicopter training! We are just so thankful for the opportunity that God has provided for us to do this training. If you’ve followed along for a while, you’ve probably seen the little graph on the side ➡️ showing our fundraising progress for Josh’s helicopter helmet – well thanks to your generous donations and God’s provisions – it’s fully funded! Thank you! When it comes time to actually order it, we’ll make sure you guys are in the know!
Thanks for following along with us, guys! It has been so full and busy and we are so thankful!
Erin Verdonck 