I am feeling like our house is a mess, but today mostly our hallway and Nolan's room. We are getting ready to have a garage sale this coming week so I'm going through every room...as long as the kids let me that is. Today the girls helped go through a bit of their toys...every little bit helps. It is heavily on our minds these days all the details involved with moving. Pack up the house, wean out some stuff, and move it all down south. Our furlough begins in just over 1 1/2 months...which means we need to know where we're going to keep it all and when we're going to move it all down. I think it's safe to say we are stressed with not knowing for sure yet...and we look forward to that decision being made.
Please pray for our paperwork of our FM3's as well, that we'll know what we need/should do. We are only allowed to start our renewal process of our FM3's 1 month before they expire, which means we can start on April 26. Initially we were told once we apply it only takes 3-4 days because it's only a renewal. We found out yesterday that it actually takes a minimum of 3-4 WEEKS!!!! Well by the time we are allowed to start the process until we want/need to leave is only 3 weeks. So that adds another stress factor, especially on my dear husband as he is taking over this "job" so I don't have to think of it much.
We realized a few days ago, that there is so many things to think about, including daily life still, that we need to split some things up so we don't both think about everything. So that's what we have tried to do, and I think it's helping. Some things LeRoy takes more charge of and other things I take charge of. Otherwise we're both stressing and thinking about everything....and that can get ugly.
Yes, it's a busy season of our lives right now, and we know it will all work out because we have God on our side...but sometimes it would just be nice to have all the answers right away, and be able to look into the future...even if for just a few weeks.
Sunday, 27 March 2011
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Praise the Lord
It's a week now since one of the men LeRoy has Bible study with accepted Christ as his Savior. We are so excited to see this change in this man's life. His wife has been a Christian for many years, and has been praying for this although never thought it would happen. Please pray for P as he continues to grow in his relationship with God. Pray that he'll learn what is in the Bible despite the fact of not being able to read.
This week feels like it's been a long one, with lots of thinking, forgetting, decision making, etc. On Monday we realized we forgot to renew the girls' passports which expire on May 1. Tuesday morning we went to a local lady who does this for us and thankfully we had all we needed, the notary public guy was in his office, and we were able to finish our end of that process. We were planning a trip to El Paso for this weekend, but now had to cancel that. We have flights booked on April 18 to fly to Guadalajara for 1 1/2 weeks. Please pray with us that these 2 passports get back here in time so we don't have to cancel those flights and drive the 2 days there and 2 days back. Passports take anywhere from 3-7 weeks to get back here to Mexico, and we have 4 1/2 weeks until we fly.
Lots is on our minds these days as we look ahead to coming home on furlough and for moving to Guadalajara immediately after furlough. How will we move all our stuff, where will we keep it all in the meantime, what do we sell, what do we keep, when and where are we reporting while on furlough, etc....lots. Thankfully thoughts on some of this are getting clearer, and we are able to mark a couple things of the list of decisions needing to be made. Our church in Steinbach has been able to find us an apartment on the SBC campus for while we'll be home. That's a huge blessing. Also we have decided on a school for Brooklyn in Guadalajara for next year. Thanks to our fellow missionaries that are already down there, they scouted a couple of schools out, and right now Lincoln School looked like the best option. It's a Private Christian school that teaches both English and Spanish. This will be made a special project through EMC once again to cover the costs of her schooing, so you will be hearing more about this in the future. And speaking of special projects...Brooklyn's schooling for this year has yet to be covered, so if you would like to support us in this way donations can be made through EMC to be directed to that.
Right now my mind is with LeRoy as he called and said he can't get the van started, and not knowing what the problem is. Please pray he can figure it out, and that he has help with that. Brooklyn needs to be picked up from school in 1 1/2 hours...
This week feels like it's been a long one, with lots of thinking, forgetting, decision making, etc. On Monday we realized we forgot to renew the girls' passports which expire on May 1. Tuesday morning we went to a local lady who does this for us and thankfully we had all we needed, the notary public guy was in his office, and we were able to finish our end of that process. We were planning a trip to El Paso for this weekend, but now had to cancel that. We have flights booked on April 18 to fly to Guadalajara for 1 1/2 weeks. Please pray with us that these 2 passports get back here in time so we don't have to cancel those flights and drive the 2 days there and 2 days back. Passports take anywhere from 3-7 weeks to get back here to Mexico, and we have 4 1/2 weeks until we fly.
Lots is on our minds these days as we look ahead to coming home on furlough and for moving to Guadalajara immediately after furlough. How will we move all our stuff, where will we keep it all in the meantime, what do we sell, what do we keep, when and where are we reporting while on furlough, etc....lots. Thankfully thoughts on some of this are getting clearer, and we are able to mark a couple things of the list of decisions needing to be made. Our church in Steinbach has been able to find us an apartment on the SBC campus for while we'll be home. That's a huge blessing. Also we have decided on a school for Brooklyn in Guadalajara for next year. Thanks to our fellow missionaries that are already down there, they scouted a couple of schools out, and right now Lincoln School looked like the best option. It's a Private Christian school that teaches both English and Spanish. This will be made a special project through EMC once again to cover the costs of her schooing, so you will be hearing more about this in the future. And speaking of special projects...Brooklyn's schooling for this year has yet to be covered, so if you would like to support us in this way donations can be made through EMC to be directed to that.
Right now my mind is with LeRoy as he called and said he can't get the van started, and not knowing what the problem is. Please pray he can figure it out, and that he has help with that. Brooklyn needs to be picked up from school in 1 1/2 hours...
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Prayer Letter
We mailed out our latest prayer letter on Friday. If you did not receive it but would like...please let us know. Or if you would rather not receive our letters anymore...we are not hurt...but please just let us know.
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Thank You
Thank you to all for praying for us. A decision has been made for our future placement...but we're going to keep you in suspense for a bit. haha We are hoping to have our next prayer letter out within the week and we want to fill you in more in there. So you'll have to keep waiting to hear the news of where God is calling us next. Or if you really can't handle the suspense send us an email.
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