CAYLEA'S ON HER WAY HOME!
I am waiting at home in Regina for what is taking 3 days for our daughter to leave Europe, fly over the top of the globe, with a layover in Iceland, and then arrive at the Minneapolis International Airport.  Caylea has been traveling with the Root family: Spurgeon, Gina Marie and their two teenaged daughters, Tirzah and Keziah.  They graciously invited her along on their adventure and made all the arrangements.  The best deal was to drive to Minneapolis and fly to Frankfurt from there.  Spurgeon has a relative in the area and left their vehicle with those folks for the two weeks they would be gone.
Caylea messaged once from the Iceland airport and then again from Minneapolis last night.  Tonight they should be in Jamestown, North Dakota, and will drive the rest of the way tomorrow.  Wisely, they decided to break up the 13-hour drive into two days, anticipating that jet lag would be an issue!
On Sunday at the Healing Hearts service in Regina, I shared how we had hoped to greet Caylea on her arrival home, but we had commitments at the NCEM office in Prince Albert this week.  We asked for prayer for God to work things out.  Walter kindly suggested I stay home while he went back to Prince Albert.  He would come home Thursday in order to connect with Caylea before we had to be gone for the big conference next week.  Fortunately, others could look after a couple of details for me at the office so I could be home when our world traveler walks in the front door!
Its been good to attend to some errands and "little things" around home that have been neglected in the past month.  With Daniel having just moved into a place of his own, and Caylea gone over two weeks now, it was time to do some weeding, housecleaning and baking!  My "to do" lists have been long, but I've been able to check the items off quite easily with no one else to worry about in this big old, lonely house!
Tomorrow, I have a couple of appointments and I hope to pick some crabapples that are beginning to ripen and fall off the branches in the backyard.  Before I know it, Caylea will be pulling her luggage up the sidewalk and calling out "Hi Mom!"
God does work things out and helps clear the path before us.  He understands a mom's heart!