So long since I've written (Dec 10!!!) but so much to say. Let's begin ...
The whole month of December was a blur. Christmas cards got out. We got our new mailing address after the cards were printed so I had slipped a business card in the envelope with our new contact information. We had a house showing AND got an offer at 8:00PM on Christmas Eve. (that since fell through - just another story to add) David and I both had to work (in addition to doing our regular office work) to train the persons replacing us. Mason was to stop working soon after his college course completed but the weather was good so they still had work until the end of the month.
We had to find a storage unit to keep all of our treasures while we are gone... a task of several days and several stops! We made arrangement for Sugar (our 8 year old dog) to catch a flight with our mail plane to get to live on the island with us.
THEN - on December 27 was our BIG BLAST OFF!!!!
I can not say enough about what a special event this was. So many people came to show support. All month long, checks had been coming in to help support our work for the next two year. We hoped to raise $6,000 before leaving.... I'll share the photos....
This was a Multi-cultural Event. The church hosts a Sudanese congregation and they came to bless us with a song. We had never personally met them but, they have pledge to support us on our mission.
The choir from our traditional service sang.
The Youth read a poem (Edison shared one in Spanish and in English).
Maranatha Youth sang too!
We had a special candle lighting. David and I were Blessed!
The words to Joy To The World were changed and the entire group sang a special new version to us. Including a verse for Mason too!
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