Hello! The time is growing short! We are excited about the move, but so sad about leaving our family behind. We just wanted to give a quick update on what is going on currently...
- On Friday, we said our goodbyes with Erin's parents. It was a sweet, but sad time. We know we parted well. Thanks for your prayers regarding this. Her parents are now enjoying cooler weather in Colorado, while we are sweltering in the Dallas area!
- On Sunday we went to the evening service at Denton Bible with my parents. As the service was wrapping up, Erin whispered, "You know, this is our last Sunday service in the States..." It was enough to tear me up! We were blessed to be able to have heard a great sermon and worshiped with fellow believers.
- Today, Tuesday, is the day we are selling the car! Our friends from San Angelo are driving up to get the car, and they are bringing all our boxes as well. (While a Prius is a great vehicle on gas, there's not a lot of capacity to take luggage and boxes!) The sale will be our last thing to go! Then we will begin the process of packing our stuff into various suitcases and plastic bins. It looks like we will have a total of 10 containers/luggage. Praise God that the car sold, and please continue to pray for us as we do our final packing.
- Our time grows short. We have less than two weeks. It's hard to describe the emotions. After being without a place of our own for the summer, it will be nice to have a home- even if it is on the other side of the world. On the other hand, it is sad to think that we won't be seeing family for quite a while. It tugs at our hearts when the kids talk about how they miss Nali or Chee (Erin's Mom and Dad). Pray for us! We are so close to our departure that we feel the stress almost daily. We want to "be anxious in nothing" but our human nature has us tend to focus on the "What Ifs." Pray that our time with my parents, and my brother and his family will be full of sweet memories.
- As our time to move gets closer, our friends across the pond have been frantically preparing for our arrival. We have curtains, a stove, a fridge, and a washing machine waiting for us at our new home. The biggest change is cabinets in the kitchen! Yeah! Our house is starting to look like a home! And thanks to the school tech guy, we have Internet at the house up and running as well! Check our the slide show video if you want to see what the kitchen looks like now! A ton of praise and thanks goes out to all our friends in Indonesia that have worked to get our home ready! Thanks especially to Wendy and Ibu Beti! God bless you all!
Lastly, we are playing with video now. I figured out how to upload to YouTube, and hopefully in the future we can post some home-made videos of what we see in Indonesia. We don't want the blog to be hugely time-consuming, but we would love to be able to post more pictures and video as we move and transition to our new home! Thanks so much for your prayers and support. God bless! -mekj
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