Family Trip to Ella

After a rough five months of ups and downs; from finding out my dad had stage 4 cancer to flying back to America for 2 months, a hard good-bye and right back into the "call" on our lives in Sri Lanka. Needless to say we were desperate for some much-needed fresh air and family processing time. We drove our motorbike to one of Sri Lanka's highest mountains, where the air is a little cooler and the silence is epic. 

We stayed at the Ambience, where the STN teams stay for few days when they come out. This is our balcony from our room that overlooks the valley below. 

This is the view from the bathroom window. The room looked like a typical cabana room, but the shower had hot water! It was so nice!

 Out on the patio of the restaurant having our morning tea

 The boys waiting for their tea

 We hiked to a waterfall 

Watching a parade go by 

 Drinking our tea in the evening on our balcony

 Cavanum (careful) Kenai

 Sunrise

 Watching sunrise with my bebes! It was so nice to wear a sweatshirt and blanket and feel the cool air

Another waterfall on the way down the mountain 

The hardest thing about taking a motorbike on a 3 hour trip, was that our kiddos wanted to sleep to the soothing sound of the engine. Not such a good idea on a bike. At one point we had the two kids in between us both and I had one arm holding up each kids head, gripping Cody's shirt for dear life :) We found a spot finally on the side of the road, an abandoned fruit/vegetable stand. We had the kids take their nap there. Cody and I played Uno. 

It was a great 3 days to just breathe and refocus. All we can do is take each day at a time and let God lead.