Getting ready to go

Extra loads of laundry have been done, trips have been taken to Wal-Mart for sunscreen, bags have been hauled out of the attic for packing.
It doesn't seem like it has been a whole year since we last took this trip. Everything seems familiar and at the same time different. This year there is new concern about epidemic influenza and violence in border cities in western Mexico. Some of us have had family members call us worried, and some may have decided to stay home because of those concerns. We'll be staying at a different location than we have the past few years so that work can be done on the dorm at the church where we had been staying.
The weather report calls for rain. We ask for you to rain prayers down on us and those we go to serve.