Should she stay or should she go?

My 12 year old daughter wants to go with us to Ethiopia. She is number 2 in the line-up. She is the one that early on in this process said "I know that they don't have families, and I feel bad for them, but why do we have to adopt them?" She is the one that we told to be honest with our home study worker. We told her she did not have to say she was excited about it if she wasn't. Now she is the one trying to figure out how she can find an airline ticket to go with us. She is really genuinely interested in Ethiopia, and their people. God has really changed her heart.

She isn't my most adventurous child. She is pretty skeptical at first, but once she decides that something is okay, look out! She seems to be interested in travel, although the farthest she has been from home is Arizona, and she was only 3 at the time. Big families don't travel all that often. I am really torn.

She is a huge help, and I know she would be a help on the plane ride home. She is also really good with other children. I don't like to fly, so part of my hesitation is probably plain old fear. I hate to admit that, because I do believe that we have all been appointed a day to die, and nothing can take me, or her, until that day. The other problem is the cost factor. It is a hefty sum to take her, but the experience would truly be priceless. I need to continue to pray about it, and probably get her a passport. I would love to see how God might use this in her life to grow her world. My Dad had considered an exchange to Lesotho when I was in grade school. I was nervous about him taking it, but to this day I wish he had. I know it would have changed my life and made my world much bigger. There is just no substitute for real life experiences. I hope that we will go back to Ethiopia, maybe this will plant a seed for us.