Diverse and Global family
I sat down at the end of the row. The morning conference session was just beginning. We were in Kansas City for YWAM's international conference. This was the very edge of the big meeting tent, where all those with strollers and potentially crying babies were sent. It was full. Moms and Dads sat with sleeping newborns, alert babies, wiggly toddlers, and preschoolers immersed in their Ipads (thank you technology!). The families were diverse. Some were families that bridged two races, some two countries. Many were bilingual. Some had traveled from halfway around the world. All were here with a purpose. Sometimes it can feel like our life is a crazy roller-coaster ride of packing and unpacking. Our "normal life" is totally foreign to many people, either in the US or Panama. The girls are going to school here in the US for the next three months (something totally new to us). As we came back from the conference, I almost made a comment about getting back to