Let The Travels Begin!

So many things have been going on lately that we've been extremely busy. It has already been two weeks since we closed on our house, and it has been great living with Rebecca's parents. We can't even describe how nice it feels to have that whole deal behind us. Now we have no debt at all and we're still amazed by God's providence in our lives. Getting together with family and friends has kept us busy but it's been nice to see everybody. Last week we lead a small group of kids in VBS at our church, which was really fun. It was a great week of sharing the gospel with these kids and it was nice to be able to do one last thing with the children at our church.

Mark had been keeping busy at work trying to finish up a big project before we leave for all of our travels. Thankfully he got done a couple days early so he could relax a bit and recuperate from the long hours at work and being constantly on the go. The people at work were all great to work with and it was a little sad saying farewell to everyone, the've all been so supportive of what we're doing. We'll look forward to updating them on what we've been doing when we come back on furlough.

Tomorrow we leave for Ottawa Ontario, the capital of Canada. We will visit Rebecca's sister there since otherwise we wouldn't be able to see her before we leave for Romania. We will do some sight seeing there and will also eat out at some ethnic restaurants. Next Monday we will drive to Brampton Ontario, to visit Rebecca's Oma who is 100 years old. It is pretty much on the way back so we thought it would be nice to see Oma again. Then we'll drive to Detroit and stay at a hotel there for the night.

Tuesday morning we'll fly out to San Diego California. We'll spend some time with Jim & Jodi Sorrels at the Heart 2 Heart office in Ramona. We'll have some orientation and training and there will also be some fun stuff mixed in there too. When we're done there we will fly to Sacramento to visit some friends we met at summer camp and we'll see some sights around there too.

After we get back from California we'll have about a week and a half before we leave for Romania, which is on September 6 (note the date changed from previous posts). We will be commissioned at our church on August 30 and we'll give more info on this and our departure in a later post.

With all of this traveling going on please pray that everything goes smoothly and that we have strength to enjoy it. Please pray that all the details continue to fall into place as we prepare to leave the country for two years. Pray that God continues to work in our hearts and prepares us for the transitions we will be going through. Thanks so much for your prayers!