Believe it or not we are only 4 months out from our departure date of February 9.  this fact is becoming ever so bitter-sweet.  We are excited to be reaching the goal that we set out for last year in August but we are also starting to feel some of the fear that comes with this reality.  We are starting to talk about such things as residence papers, packing and transportation on the field.  All these and many more elements of the impending move are constant reminders of how real this all is.  Praise the lord, we already have our plane tickets and we have secured a house to move into.  God has provided us with a house that exceeds our expectation for less than we had budgeted to spend.  It sort of reminds me of verse in Ephesians, “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,”.  In deed we do serve a all knowing, all powerful God.

We have purchased our tickets to move to Costa Rica and the date is February 9th.  God has been blessing us with churches taking us on and if everything keeps up as it has we will hit our goal by the time we are scheduled to leave.  We still need to connect with a few more churches that are interested in having new missionaries in and we pray that God will lead us to those places.  Thanks to all who pray for us and support us.  It is an honer to be on the same team with you.

God has blessed us in an overwhelming way.  The response that received from our supporting churches for our van repairs was a true testament to the love that god's people have for missions.  We want to thank all those who sent us financial support and to those who prayed for our situation.  We are now back on the road and the replacement motor has almost 80,000 miles les than our last one had so it is like having a new car.  We have a few busy weeks ahead of us as we will go back in for between Texas and Michigan a couple of times.  Continue to pray for our safety as we log the miles on our new motor.