Well, we’re boarding that plane to in about 5 hours (1:30 p.m. central time, to be exact).  We’re experiencing the gamut of emotions, which is why we are so glad we can rely on our good Father to take us through this rather out-of-body experience.  He has taken us through quite a wild ride the past four+ years as we’ve prepared for long-term cross-cultural service.  It’s quite surreal that Departure Day is finally here.  He is good!

We wanted to share with you a few prayer requests, and we’d be so thankful if you would lift us up today…

• Please pray for peace and general emotional health, as we will be pretty sad to say goodbye.  The same goes for the family members we’re saying goodbye to.
• Please pray for all our flight connections to be on-time and for all the itinerary logistics to run smoothly (we’ve got three flights for a total of about 14 hours in the air).
• Please pray for our 15 boxes to arrive in one piece.
• Please pray that Tate will sleep on our transatlantic flight!  This is a big one for us.  She’s never been much of a sleeper on planes, and it would help SO much with the time zone adjustment if she would sleep.
• Please pray for all three of us to remain healthy, as well-rested as could be expected after a long flight, and overall as sane as possible.
• Please pray for a smooth arrival into our new city, and that we would have peace in the midst of uncertainty.
• Please pray for good initial interactions with our team members, that we would be gracious to one another.
• Please pray that we would find our new home quickly, so that our hotel stay would be minimal.

Thank you in advance for lifting us up.  We are so blessed to have such a great support team.

Okay, many of you have asked about communicating with us.  The short answer is – we will communicate with you as soon as we’re able, and we’d love to hear from you as soon as it’s possible!  We don’t know the internet situation we’re arriving to (we’ll eventually have wireless in our home), but we will write a general e-mail as soon as we’re able.  It will be easier in the beginning for us to update this blog, so it will probably be best to check here for any initial news about our arrival.

Below is all our contact info, minus our snail mail address.  We should have that as soon as we have our new place.

So here we go…  We’re off!  Please know you are all loved very much, and that we will do our best to reply to all the e-mails we’re receiving just as soon as we’re able.  Every message and note you’ve sent has been such an encouragement to us.  We are honored to be sent by you.

posted: 07 February 28
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