PASSPORTS (10 days left!)
This morning my dad came in the house and asked us how long we have been waiting for a delivery from UPS. And, Chris and I said we weren't sure we were waiting on one. Then he says, well I was in the entry way and in the window under a piece of wood was an envelope delivered form UPS. So, we went out there and would you believe it! OUR PASSPORTS! I am so glad my Dad saw them! We would not have even looked out there. We thought the passports would be coming via USPS. So, the good news is we have our passports!
George Family 2014
George Family 2014
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Pray for our Children (11)
In the past our children have been small when we travel and have been pretty at ease about the whole situation. Please pray for Makayla as she has LOTS of questions and concerns. Let me share her most recent one..."Mommy, this is the last week I get a bed!, I like having a mattress!" Makayla
"You will have a mattress in Australia!" Mommy
"I didn't the last time we were there..." Makayla
"That's because we had packed all of our things up and we slept on the floor one night before we got on the airplane, But don't you worry... You will have your own bed !"Mommy
"Okay..." Makayla
But, this is just the start. Wednesday night she did not go to bed till 11:45 and she as in bed at 8:00 in the dark. She came down over 35 times with all these crazy questions about Australia. WE are not used to having children who worry about ever part of our leaving. Please pray that Makayla will have a peace from God about her and that she will sleep, so she can stay healthy! She is very concerned about how her cousins will get by without her! She is concerned her friends may have new friends... She is concerned that her family will miss her so much that they will be very sad. These are all REAL issues to her and they are very important. Most of all pray that Chris and I would have an understanding of her concerns and be able to give the answers God wants us to give her!
Countdown Begins (12)!
This morning we rose bright and early to take our kids to my aunts for her to have a special day with them. Then we went to Buffalo to be commissioned by all the pastors in our district at LDJ. It was a wonderful time of hugs and thanking pastors for their support, and for their churches support! But, it was such a family moment! Chris and I come from a district who loves us, supports, us and believes in that! How tremendous to have such a Godly group of Men and Woman standing behind us cheering us on! We are blessed.
Yesterday we hurried to get our shipping labels together and on boxes! Only to find out they did not come pick up our belongings. So, we called the shipping company and they confirmed the would pick up on thursday between 3-4pm. So, Thursday came along and 4:15 came and they had not appeared. So, I called the company again and they confirmed someone was on their way to pick up our belongings. So, a Rig comes at 5:30 and we load the boxes int he pouring rain. 18 boxes with all sorts of things in them. One is all VBS materials donated to us. ONe was Hands on Bibles 30 of them which were donated to us to give to the children at Kids Club. One had 35 Youth Bibles called Revolve, and at the moment I can't think of the boys one.. Some of these boxes have our personal belongings.. Our wedding Album which we never had in Australia all this time, and some different things that are very important to us. Last but not least, two boxes have all the kids Christmas stuff in them from their Grandmas! Which was an error in my judgement, becuase I got the Estimated date of Arrival in Fremantle, Australia and it is January 20th! YIKES! The stuff DEFINITELY won't be in Australia for Christmas! But, I am glad to say that 700 pounds of Ministry tools and personal effects are on their way! How exciting! We are one day closer to departure.
This morning we rose bright and early to take our kids to my aunts for her to have a special day with them. Then we went to Buffalo to be commissioned by all the pastors in our district at LDJ. It was a wonderful time of hugs and thanking pastors for their support, and for their churches support! But, it was such a family moment! Chris and I come from a district who loves us, supports, us and believes in that! How tremendous to have such a Godly group of Men and Woman standing behind us cheering us on! We are blessed.
Yesterday we hurried to get our shipping labels together and on boxes! Only to find out they did not come pick up our belongings. So, we called the shipping company and they confirmed the would pick up on thursday between 3-4pm. So, Thursday came along and 4:15 came and they had not appeared. So, I called the company again and they confirmed someone was on their way to pick up our belongings. So, a Rig comes at 5:30 and we load the boxes int he pouring rain. 18 boxes with all sorts of things in them. One is all VBS materials donated to us. ONe was Hands on Bibles 30 of them which were donated to us to give to the children at Kids Club. One had 35 Youth Bibles called Revolve, and at the moment I can't think of the boys one.. Some of these boxes have our personal belongings.. Our wedding Album which we never had in Australia all this time, and some different things that are very important to us. Last but not least, two boxes have all the kids Christmas stuff in them from their Grandmas! Which was an error in my judgement, becuase I got the Estimated date of Arrival in Fremantle, Australia and it is January 20th! YIKES! The stuff DEFINITELY won't be in Australia for Christmas! But, I am glad to say that 700 pounds of Ministry tools and personal effects are on their way! How exciting! We are one day closer to departure.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Financial Clearance!
As we have been travelling, sharing, praying, speaking, and having a very unusual routine for the past 11 1/2 months with out kids God has called, God has blessed, God has met our every need and surprised us in ways we never expected. But, today on November 18th at 11:30 in the morning we received financial clearance! A half our after that we received an email from the embassy that our VISAS were GRANTED! And, then an hour after that we received an email tha we had permission to purchase airplane tickets! What an amazing God, that HE directs all three things to happen in the same afternoon! Isn't our God amazing!
So, what does this mean? This means we are in the midst of a little bit of organized chaos! It is all good, but every moment has been busy and we are today making a calendar of all the things we need to do before we leave, since we are departing on December 1st and that is only 13 days from today.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Packing.... Packing.... Packing...
Brayden is doing better and has been off breathing treatments for three days, but tonight he started running a fever again tonight. So, I am hoping that it is just teething, but we really need to get Brayden healthy before we fly. The kids seem to be doing well and Chris and I have gotten over our head colds. So, please keep praying that we will not get the flu, and that we will stay healthy to fly.
The awesome news is that we only need $2,700 more in Faith promise in order to leave for Australia. We are hoping to receive our VISA and then book our tickets and be in the air on December 1st. We have been madly packing our things because we have been given clearance to ship our items to Australia! So, on Wednesday a truck will come, pick up our items, take them to a warehouse, shrink rap them into a pallet, load it onto a boat, and it will arrive in Australia in 8 weeks! This was the cheapest way for us to send all of our luggage without us having to take suitcases when we fly... So, we will see how that goes.
As, I said we are still waiting on our visa. The Australian government has our applications for Australian Police Clearances. These should be processed within 14-21 days. They have had them now two weeks. So, please pray we hear any day on the Australian Clearances. As soon as the Immigration department has the Police Clearances then we can get the stamp in our visa and have that all taken care of.
Thank you to all of you who pray. This thanksgiving we have so much to be thankful for. I will write on that another day. But, we truly are grateful to all of you who will be reading this and keeping our family in your prayers!
Thank you!
Brayden is doing better and has been off breathing treatments for three days, but tonight he started running a fever again tonight. So, I am hoping that it is just teething, but we really need to get Brayden healthy before we fly. The kids seem to be doing well and Chris and I have gotten over our head colds. So, please keep praying that we will not get the flu, and that we will stay healthy to fly.
The awesome news is that we only need $2,700 more in Faith promise in order to leave for Australia. We are hoping to receive our VISA and then book our tickets and be in the air on December 1st. We have been madly packing our things because we have been given clearance to ship our items to Australia! So, on Wednesday a truck will come, pick up our items, take them to a warehouse, shrink rap them into a pallet, load it onto a boat, and it will arrive in Australia in 8 weeks! This was the cheapest way for us to send all of our luggage without us having to take suitcases when we fly... So, we will see how that goes.
As, I said we are still waiting on our visa. The Australian government has our applications for Australian Police Clearances. These should be processed within 14-21 days. They have had them now two weeks. So, please pray we hear any day on the Australian Clearances. As soon as the Immigration department has the Police Clearances then we can get the stamp in our visa and have that all taken care of.
Thank you to all of you who pray. This thanksgiving we have so much to be thankful for. I will write on that another day. But, we truly are grateful to all of you who will be reading this and keeping our family in your prayers!
Thank you!
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Pray for Brayden
Brayden has been sick this past week with an upper respiratory infection. He has had croup and has been on steroid and breathing treatments. Please pray that he would get better. So, that as soon as we hear we have 100% support we can leave for Australia!
The good thing is we had our first sunday off since we have been home from Australia, last December! The only reason we had it off was because a church cancelled at the last minute. But, it gave our family a day to attend our home church and lay low. We are now spending two days at my sisters since my brother in law broke his ankle. So, she is being his escort to some ver important meeting he had to be at in Baltimore for the Youth Convention and we are laying low with all the nieces, nephews, and my sisters day care kids! We are just blessed to be able to help out when they need it! :)
As of today November 2nd. We have no churches booked. Please pray that we would be able to fill up our schedule and visit places and pick up some new support! The important thing is that we are at 87% Faith Promise. Please pray that we would pick up the last 13% in the next few weeks. There are a few churches we have visited that have not made decisions yet. So, pleaes pray that they would pick us up and that we would be able to visit some new churches that are looking to support God's vision for Perth Australia.
We are so greatful for your prayers, and giving! We had another month where we were only short $400 of reaching our monthly total income needed for the month, that is awesome! When we still need 13%! Thank you so much to everyone who support, prays, and is praying about going!
Brayden has been sick this past week with an upper respiratory infection. He has had croup and has been on steroid and breathing treatments. Please pray that he would get better. So, that as soon as we hear we have 100% support we can leave for Australia!
The good thing is we had our first sunday off since we have been home from Australia, last December! The only reason we had it off was because a church cancelled at the last minute. But, it gave our family a day to attend our home church and lay low. We are now spending two days at my sisters since my brother in law broke his ankle. So, she is being his escort to some ver important meeting he had to be at in Baltimore for the Youth Convention and we are laying low with all the nieces, nephews, and my sisters day care kids! We are just blessed to be able to help out when they need it! :)
As of today November 2nd. We have no churches booked. Please pray that we would be able to fill up our schedule and visit places and pick up some new support! The important thing is that we are at 87% Faith Promise. Please pray that we would pick up the last 13% in the next few weeks. There are a few churches we have visited that have not made decisions yet. So, pleaes pray that they would pick us up and that we would be able to visit some new churches that are looking to support God's vision for Perth Australia.
We are so greatful for your prayers, and giving! We had another month where we were only short $400 of reaching our monthly total income needed for the month, that is awesome! When we still need 13%! Thank you so much to everyone who support, prays, and is praying about going!
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