Tuesday, September 20, 2011

COUNTDOWN

I was talking with one of our grandsons yesterday and he had been asking his mom how long until Nana and Papa would be coming; as of Sunday it was 5 days.  His 3 and a half year old comment was, "that is too many!"  That put a smile on these grandparent's faces, lemme tell ya!

We are packing and scratching our heads as we go from one room to another asking ourselves how in the world we are going to be able to pack up all of this stuff in our luggage and to store!  We keep reminding ourselves also that there is quite a bit that is left that is going to Bethany and Joseph for their family's use.  I just need to make a bigger dent in this stuff (I wanna say JUNK, but I'm refraining from using that word!) today so that I can see the light that is barely visible at the end of this tunnel!

Our plan is to pull out of here (Athens, GA) as early as possible on Friday afternoon.  Vaughn works until noon, then he will get the U-Haul and then we will load and take off (as long as I have everything cleaned by then!!).

We will be at Bethany and Joseph's from Friday until we leave Wednesday morning for La Paz via Miami from Birmingham.  I'll bet we "stick out" (Even more than we normally do!) in Miami with our heavy coats and wearing cold weather clothing!  Oh well, I'd rather look silly in Florida than freeze at 6 am in Bolivia!

OH!  One more note, in case you missed our previous updates - everything we had hoped to sell SOLD.  The last items were picked up yesterday!  We're very thankful for that; less to have to store
in Alabama.

Please continue to be praying for us; the Miami Consulate should have received our paperwork yesterday first thing.  Also, I have submitted paperwork with our new health insurance for my prescriptions - hoping to receive those in the mail before we leave Alabama, also.

MUCH LOVE!  Have a great day!

P.S.  If you wouldn't mind, would you PLEASE take a second and make a comment about the post; even if it is to just say "so and so was here," so that we can try to gauge who is reading the post.  Thanks again!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

COMPASS HAS COME ONBOARD WITH US!!!

We are SO excited to tell you that our local church, Compass Community (Athens, Georgia), has decided to jump in and "come with us" to La Paz, Bolivia! We cannot express our thankfulness.  We will be officially commissioned tomorrow morning in both services
Our Alabama church family is also giving us a send off and commissioning us on Sunday, September 25th - thanks Springville Road Community Church!

We are SO blessed to have so many wonderful, godly people standing behind us in prayer and financial support.  

Today is our final day for our moving sale; please be in prayer that the majority of our items get sold.  We are very short on our monthly needs support and the money we make from the sale of our things will help fill the gap for a while.

If you are interested in being on our support team - through prayer/and/or financial support, please let us know so that we can add you to our email list.  Also, if you would like one of our prayer card/bookmarks, please let us know that, too.

Thank you SO much!