Moving to Texas

Right after Christmas, we're moving from our home in Ambridge to my parents' home in Sunnyvale, TX -- the beautiful Ten Acres.

Originally we had planned to move before Christmas, but the schedule is too tight.  We've been focusing our energy on partner development -- writing proposals, visiting churches in the area (we've had good times with the folks at Trinity in Beaver and St. David's in Venetia), making phone calls, writing letters, and updating address lists.  We're also preparing for a week visiting the Diocese of South Carolina (December 5-14), strengthening our relationships with the churches already supporting us and seeking out other partnerships there.  In between, Leslie is beginning to pack up the house, we continue selling off what items we can through yard sales and Craig's List, I'm wrestling with doctors' offices and insurance companies to try and switch our health insurance, and the kids keep going forward with school, ballet, and gymnastics.

So we're moving to Texas right after Christmas.  Leslie and the girls will fly to TX, while my dad drives up in his pick-up to help Jesse and me finish putting things in storage and make the drive to Sunnyvale.  Once there, we'll get the kids settled into their new school, and then re-focus on partner development, spend time connecting with our teammates, the Morrow's, and hang out with family and friends in the area.

We plan to leave for Uganda as early as possible in 2010.  We still need to raise about 50% of our budget, so much prayer and work is ahead of us.  In the past several weeks, however, we've seen such encouraging signs of God's faithfulness and affirmation of our call that we're not discouraged.  We're often weary and sometimes overwhelmed, but our confidence continues to grow -- because we're confident in the One who has called us.