Our time visiting family was very special. You've heard people say you can choose your friends but you're stuck with your family? Well, we are blessed to be STUCK! We have an amazing family, on both sides, who love Jesus and love each other. We got to share all about the work we'll be doing, we prayed together, we were prayed over and we laughed a lot too! The difficulty in saying goodbye was knowing the goodbye could be for a long time. Thank you Jesus for technology -- internet, skype, facetime, magic jack -- all these will help us keep family and friends close.
As we said above, our house has sold and it was sold to a very special couple to us, our pastor and his wife! It's their first home and they love it's quirkiness just like we did. Isn't it great to see how God works out all the details? Our loss (being a short sale) was their gain and we couldn't be happier. If we didn't have family in the area, we might have to camp out in our old house when we come back to visit!
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God continues to lead us in His path, opening all the doors at just the right time. We finally got word that Jim's jaw surgery is scheduled for March 26th. He had to have this done before we left, as he has been going through the process leading up to surgery for over 3 years. There is a very short recovery time, but return checkups required at 1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 8 weeks. This required us to make changes in our travel plans, so we cancelled and rebooked tickets yesterday. Unfortunately, ticket prices have increased significantly. Anyway, I am now leaving on April 20th and Jim will follow on May 26th. The really good news is that we have a house to rent over there as of today! It's only a 10 minute walk to the office and Bible College and just a few minutes drive for Jim to the marina. It is so nice to know we have a place ready and will be able to move right in.
Finally, we are almost at our support goal! We are only $185 per month short of our need, and we're very excited at how God has provided. We also have a few days open on our prayer calendar, so if you like to choose a day, we would love to add you. The purpose of our prayer calendar is so we know that someone is praying specifically for us each day of the month, and in turn, we pray specifically for that day's prayer partner. We will have a wall in the house with the calendar posted, along with pictures of our prayer partners.
We are blessed daily by so many who have loved, prayed, supported, called or encouraged us. While we are excited to go, we face the difficult time ahead of leaving family and friends. Will you pray for us and especially for our kids and grandkids? We have lived near Jenni, Jaron, Avery and Riley for 10 years now, and have had the privilege of being intimately involved in their lives. We are trying to savor every moment we have together, but at the back of our minds we know time is flying by.
Praise & Prayer:
1. Pray for the container's safe arrival and quick customs clearing (due to arrive in DAR in late May)
2. Pray that we receive the title for Jim's motorcycle SOON!
3. Praise that Jim's surgery is scheduled.
4. Praise that we are so close to our financial goal.
5. Pray for us and our family as the date of our leaving is fast approaching.
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