Time to Update:

So I figure it's time to update this thing. The plan was to head to the Philippines in June to find ourselves a place to live for the next two and a half years. While working on other plans, it turns out God had a surprise for us. It turns out there is a family in the Philippines who are returning home for six months and needed someone to watch their home in the Philippines. And God filled their need through another family in the Philippines who are looking to eventually return home for some rest. So they would watch the home for the six months and get a chance to save money for their trip home and their future. So God filled their need for an "exit strategy". But then they needed to do something with their own home and all their furniture. That's where we come in. We will be taking over their home and purchasing their furniture. So God provided for their need to get out of their home and also provided us with a furnished home before ever setting foot in the country. How awesome is that? I'm amazed at how God can provide for three distinct families by getting everything lined up like that.

So, now this means we do not need to arrive in the Philippines in June to find a home. So we will be flying out of PA in early August. We fly to Oregon for a few days of orientation with the others who were accepted into this program. From there we all fly to the Philippines together. It sounds like an incredible opportunity and I'm told that they have never had any of their married couples there. So I guess I'll be breaking into some new territory (or something like that).

Right now we are working on plans to raise funds and figure out just how to make that all happen. We also are working on paperwork for getting our missionary visas once we arrive in the Philippines. Then there's the house we live in right now. The plan is to rent it out while we are gone. That in itself is new territory for us and is a bit stressful. Not to mention the fact that in three months we will have started the actual physical journey. It excites me so much to think about it. And yes it does frighten me a bit, but I believe in a God who has already provided me a home away from home. And I believe that He will take care of things for us as long as we let Him do the work for us.

Grace and Peace to you all.