We finally met with the missions council at our church and been given the OK to send out our support letter. The letter covers why we are going to Honduras and what we'll be doing there. We also ask that you support us with your prayers and if you feel led to support us financially, there is info about how to do that as well.
We are still looking for a renter for our house, so if you know of anyone looking, please pass our info along to them. Click here to go to our house ad. We also need to find a home for our cats if anyone out there is interested in a couple of laid-back black cats (14 and 15 years old), let us know.
On a more fun note, I'm pretty excited about the USA advancing in the World Cup tourney. I nearly pulled my hamstring jumping out of my chair when Landon Donovan tucked the ball in the back of the net in stoppage time. We're headed out on a 6-day camping trip on Saturday.....but not until after the USA vs. Ghana game. Priorities. Go USA!
Well, here we are just under two months to go until we leave. A few weeks ago, we bought our tickets for an August 4th flight. Wow, that really makes it all sink in. The big news today is that we sold our beloved Subaru to another couple with three kids here in Bothell. Craigslist is awesome. It only took about a week to sell. So long buddy....it's been nice driving ya.
Fortunately, we're storing my mother-in-law's car here until she arrives in late July so at least I have some form of transportation until then. Our house is now official up for rent and is listed online. If you know anyone interested in a nice rambler at a good price in Bothell, please let them know about it. We're also working on a support letter and will send/post it when we have it all ready to go. It is amazing to see how God has provided for us as we prepare to go. It's just a confirmation that this is all a part of His plan for our lives right now.
While the excitement and anticipation is obviously still there for our trip, the reality of preparing for it is setting in. Rent the house, sell the car, rent a storage unit, organize our finances, decide what to pack, etc., etc. Ugh. Today's chore has been sorting through some of the clothes we need to get rid of, those we want to store here, and those we want to bring. This is just the beginning of this process but I guess you need to start somewhere. We also went shopping for luggage today. It truly is unbelievable how much the stuff costs. Oh well, we're going to need it so we went ahead and bought 5 large suitcases that are just under the allowable size for airlines. The extra $150 per oversized bag is not a surprise fee we want to be faced with on travel day so we measured the bags before purchasing. The girls had a great time "shopping" and had claimed their own uniquely colored suitcases in a matter of seconds. Surprisingly there wasn't any conflict involved....there were three to choose from and each girl was happy with their choice. Another evidence that God is at work. Seriously.
Just for fun, we added two new things to our blog. One, attached to this post, is a Google Earth video flight from our house to the school we'll be working at. Enjoy. The other is that you can leave a voice message for us anytime as long as you have a microphone on your computer. Press the blue "Click to Call Bryan and Kim" button and it will start recording whatever you want to say. When you are done, press the button again and BINGO, it is automatically sent to us. We'd love to hear your voice in addition to your comments/emails. Just as a reminder, feel free to subscribe to or "follow" our blog. We'd love to keep you updated with what we're up to.
So here it is....our first post. Kimberly and I are excited to announce that we have applied for, been offered positions, and signed one-year contracts to work at Academia Los Pinares in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I'll be working as a secondary school counselor and Kimberly will be an elementary music teacher. The Lord, in his perfect timing, has allowed a variety of things to fall into place for us to go. We have talked about working overseas again (we worked at a school in Paraguay from 1998-2000) for many years and now we are actually doing it. There are quite a few things to organize and details to take care of but we know that God's hand is in this so we're confident that it will all work out. We ask that you all keep us in your prayers as we prepare to go (Aug. 4th) and when we start our work in Honduras.
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