Travel Doctor

We went and saw the travel doctor yesterday.  Kate commented afterwards, "How come that guy can give needles so good?"   :)   We barely felt the pricks.  2 each for the kids and myself and 3 for Andrew.   We'll go back in August to chat more.  Hopefully we'll have tickets by then and will know what countries we are stopping over in.  We still need to chat about malaria.

Thanks to our friends that came out (and helped) with our sale.  I can't believe how much stuff we got rid of and even more so - I can't believe how much stuff we still have!!!  Soon it will be time to go through all the papers and boxes we've put off for years!

God's answering some prayers already!

Keep praying!  It works!

We have had friends offer up LOTS of space for boxes (not furniture as it's a tight squeeze to get into). So that's a great relief!  Andrew's parents are able to take a bunch of our furniture too.  So that seems to be getting sorted out nicely!

We're getting rid of stuff at an open house / get rid of our stuff by donation coming up on a Saturday soon.  If you want more information send us an e-mail or contact us.  We will be donating a ton of stuff to a local Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Store that day!  We figure we're supporting ourselves that way.  Hee hee.

Another blessing happened today when I turned in my leave of absence form to the school district, asking for a 3 year unpaid leave.  I was not surprised when they phoned and told me they could not grant the request.  However they were very kind (my principal gave them a good reference) and they offered to keep me on as an inactive Teacher On Call (TOC).  Which means, that I won't have a contract but I'll be able to apply for internal postings when I come back or sub.  It was the best possible scenario that I could imagine.  So yeah!  Glad they think I'm worth keeping!

We're hoping to list our condo by the end of the month.... so pray for a really quick sale please!

Thanks for all your prayer support!

Kate's viewpoint

So this morning I told our daughter, Kate (age 4.5), that we're letting everyone at church know we're going to Africa.  Her response:

"They'll all be so sad that they don't get to go to Africa!"


Because everyone wants to go to Africa right?! :)