What an exciting few days it has been for us! With the help of friends, we successfully packed up the house and got the U-Haul loaded. Sarah and the boys went to the airport at 4pm to catch their 5:40 scheduled flight....which ended up not leaving until 10:30! I don't know how she survived that one. I stayed the night at our friends house (thank you Wittwers!) and drove 14 hours yesterday in the truck and stayed in Baker City, OR with Sarah's brother, then continued on to Enterprise this morning and got the truck unloaded & returned.
Our car sold for more than we thought it would, which will help us in getting a car once we get to Ireland - that was a real blessing!
AND...we received the go-ahead from our sending agency to purchase our airfare to Ireland since our support is at 93% and the exchange rate has improved! We bought our tickets today and will be departing from Portland on July 26 to Dublin. Praise God!
We still have 7% more that needs to be raised to get us to 100% of our financial requirement - this is about $300 per month.
This is a quick post, but we are all feeling a little wiped out and there is still much to do to prepare for our journey.
We do want to thank everyone who has been supporting us financially and praying for us - without you, this could not happen. Our God is good and it is our prayer that you will be blessed as you are a blessing to us.
Will update again soon!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Update - July 1
We are now at 89% of our financial goal - with about $300 left to get to 95% and be able to book our airfare. That could be just 6 more people contributing $50/month. That seems like so little, but at the same time it seems like a lot! In any case, we know our God is faithful and will provide abundantly for our every need.
We are still proceeding, in faith, that we will be departing at the end of July. The sale of our house is still going through and we have reserved a U-Haul to load up on July 6th to take to Enterprise, OR where we will store some of our stuff. Sarah & the boys will fly up that night and I will head out in the truck the next day.
Our commissioning service at our church was held this past Sunday and we were blessed with a special message from Pastor John and a charge from Dave McBride, who was there representing OM.
We are currently in San Diego spending time with Sarah's sister and her family and will return to Vegas tomorrow to continue packing up the house.
Please continue to pray that the remainder of our support comes in soon so that we can purchase our airfare quickly, for safety in our travels and moving, and for the boys as we go through all of these adjustments.
We are still proceeding, in faith, that we will be departing at the end of July. The sale of our house is still going through and we have reserved a U-Haul to load up on July 6th to take to Enterprise, OR where we will store some of our stuff. Sarah & the boys will fly up that night and I will head out in the truck the next day.
Our commissioning service at our church was held this past Sunday and we were blessed with a special message from Pastor John and a charge from Dave McBride, who was there representing OM.
We are currently in San Diego spending time with Sarah's sister and her family and will return to Vegas tomorrow to continue packing up the house.
Please continue to pray that the remainder of our support comes in soon so that we can purchase our airfare quickly, for safety in our travels and moving, and for the boys as we go through all of these adjustments.
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