Time Flies

Yesterday I woke up early and headed to the Airport in Raleigh,NC. I was tired. The drained in every way I could imagine tired. I grabbed my coffee and prepared to sit in silence on the plane. I love airports for just that reason. You can opt out of talking to people if you want, pretend to be busy working on a project or just to tired to talk. 

As I walked on the nearly full plane I headed to the back of the plane hoping to snag a seat on the aisle with no one in the middle. I managed to do just that. Almost everyone was seated on the plane and I was silently rejoicing on not having to sit next to a stranger and engage in small talk. Just as I thought I was in the clear a man was standing by my side asking if he could sit in the middle seat. 

A tall 40 something well dressed man now sat next to me. The woman sitting by the window kept her head down. She appeared to be a well educated women seeking the same thing I was after on the plane, silence.  The plane hadn't even taken off when I remembered what my husband had been trying to encourage me in, speaking to strangers. He's always reminding me that each opportunity I have with someone is a chance to share my life with them. 

I took a deep breath, and said hello to the well dressed man in the middle. The conversation flowed from there. The well dressed man now has a name to me, Abe. The educated woman clinging to silence by the window Carri. 

Our conversation flowed throughout the whole flight. There never was a moment of silence between the three of us. We shared our hearts and our lives with each other. We prayed over each other and thanked God for introducing us. 

Abe said to me as I got off the plane something that rang so true to me. He told me while support with finances is important what I truly am striving for is support from people's hearts. 

It's true.  What we are truly seeking for is your heart. We want you to stand up next to us and say I believe in what you're doing. I want you to let our family know that you are praying for us. Covering us with prayers and love. 

If you are willing to share your heart with our family let us know. Send us an email or Facebook message us. Let us add you to our list of prayer supporters. 

Also for those of you that share your heart with us already. Thank you. I can't tell you how much your prayers, love and support mean to us. 

-Carissa