Leaving soon

Hello - it's me again! I just wanted to send you a note to let you know that I'm leaving on May 1st (next Tuesday) for the USA. God put it on my heart to spend some time caring for my mother, so my plan is to be in Minnesota at least through Christmas. That's a long time to be away from Holland, but I know it's right. I trust God (and some dear friends) to care for my things here in Holland while I'm away. So, Honey and I leave in just a few days. I'm packing, taking Honey to the vet for his papers (he doesn't need to go into quarantine or anything), and preparing my house, etc. I have a couple prayer points - please pray with me for: A Christian to rent my house for most of the time I'm gone My Dutch ID card to be ready before I go No problems checking Honey in for the flight (in cabin!) and that he'll be calm and stay in his travel bag during the 8 hour flight. That I don't forget anything! My time in the USA is primarily to spend time with my mom, but I'm also on furlough and believe it will be a time of reflection on the past 25 years in missions. I've already planned a short retreat on the North Shore in May and look forward to unwinding and being refreshed in God's presence, nature walks, etc. Later in the Summer and Fall I may take an extension course at Bethel University - just to get some fresh input. I look forward to re-connecting with family, friends, my church and my culture again! Those of you financially supporting me in missions, I'd really appreciate if you continue to support me during this "furlough" time. Please let me know if you can't. Recently many of you responded to my financial plea for help and I'm blessed to say that all my additional expenses of the beginning of 2007 (taxes, dentist, travel, insurance, etc.) have been met! Thank you! Blessings, Belinda p.s. My 25th anniversary celebration was wonderful - I'm so grateful for those of you who could celebrate with me here in Holland. I hope to have a similar celebration in Minneapolis sometime soon. The C2W in Romania was intensive and very fruitful! The Europe Worship Link conference last week in Czech Republic was a time of glorious unity and established a greater network of key leaders in worship ministries across Europe. A link to a short video of our "Festival of Worship" nite at the EWL conference can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2CsT5aOgFI My website will be updated soon with more info and pictures from these events and more.... I just don't have time to do it right now, as you can well understand.