we are here! we do not have connectivity!

I have only a few minutes, and the news is we cannot access any of our normal sites! We are using computers at the British Council at the moment. We do not have connectivity, but we are fine (it is hot, really hot!)

Your prayers are so necessary for us to be able to do what we need to do, please keep praying and we will try to get a modem next week, then we may be able to use our own computers!

Blessings on you all!

FOUR, count them!, four days!

We have our passports, with visas, we have the shots, the doxycycline, we have tickets, we have three of our four bags packed, the robe for Randy to wear at graduation ceremonies arrived, and I found his Master's hood.... so now all we need is the next four days to fly past (and they will!!!)

And we have family, friends and supporters who have made this possible.  We do not do this alone, it is not just us going, but all of you are so much a part of the effort (some of the guys even left a little blood on the machinery wrestling it in to the container the past three days!) We understand and appreciate it so much.

SO this is it, I may post again from an airport on the way, otherwise, the next time I come to update this it will be from Africa!  Thank you all a million times, please don't stop praying!

We have tickets!!!!!

We have tickets!  We have a date for the container, and everything is arriving in Bryant like planned.  Now, the only thing NOT happing is that my job is not yet over.

Something went wrong yesterday and so I will need to be there next week, hopefully to train the new Construction Manager.  We will adjust and see how it goes.

We fly out of Columbus on September 18th!  And we still need all of your prayers for the next two weeks!  Thank you again, we cannot do this without you.

September plans

Today we begin the final countdown, although there are still tickets to book, and visas to have in hand before we can go, everything is moving in the direction of departure on September 18th.

We have had a great weekend, the focus of it being Rhiannon's baptism, a curry luncheon and Alan here to stay for three nights.  It ends today with a gathering with the Livingstons in Xenia, trying to get things packed up and then relax for a short while.  I am working Tuesday and Thursday of this week, and then I become officially unemployed.  It is a new thing for me!  

And we have a time set to pack the container.... we will begin to move things to the loading dock on September 8th, and then the container will arrive on September 9th.  Randy has things on order right now that are supposed to arrive in Bryant by September 10th, and that will be it!  We cannot leave on the 11th due to the time it takes to get our visas, and a slight problem in communications across the Atlantic.  But we anticipate all of it will be resolved this next week, and we should be on the plane September 18th.  

Your prayers make it all possible, and now we need to have you pray for us to remember everything we keep thinking we need to remember!  The vehicle needs a little more attention, the house still has lots of things to fix, and the paperwork to transfer things needs to be done, so the final days will be full!  We need to make a trip to Huntington, we need to spend some more time with family and friends, and we need to write letters!  Your support is so greatly appreciated!